18 Quotes by Keah Brown

It is my belief that sometimes we keep secrets and our deepest insecurities because we believe that if other people found them out they would agree and believe them to be true, too.

There is power and excitement in reclaiming things that were once used to hurt or demean you.

That’s the funny thing about having something you can’t change; you can aim for aloofness, but that lends itself to obsession and frustration that people absolutely pick up on.

I, too, feed into the idealization of youth and the ability to do things ‘young people should be able to do’ despite the fact that I know that’s ableist bullshit.

I promise you, I don't need your cures or poorly thought-out pieces of advice, but I'll take free designer clothes, cheesecake, and a first-class plane ticket.

At the risk of sounding like an after-school special, I can say that crying, for a variety of reasons, has made me a better person, a happier and more fully realized person, in ways that nothing else has.

I love the idea of laying out all your cards on the table and saying, "Love me for all that I am or I am done, I refuse to keep waiting and trying to be anything but who I am comfortable being.

Chairs are a functioning reprieve from the harsh realities of the world, and they often give us tickets to see it in all its beauty and problems, because no one place is perfect - but it is nice to be in places that come close.

There is an extra bit of sting when you remember how people you love and who love you can hurt you in ways neither of you can recognize until after the fact.