And the man who dreamt of flight has tripped and fallen in a hole.

— Shaun Hick

A night of crying has silenced me. This morning it seems the whole world is against me. I've never before felt so barren, so empty. I've never before thought the daylight to be ... my enemy. My enemy.

— Shaun Hick

At some point your candle will go out, so make use of the light.

— Shaun Hick

Cancer gave me an understanding of the point of all this. To survive. Most of our lives it is easy but for the moments when it becomes difficult, when accident or sickness or sadness strikes, it's just about remembering one thing. You must simply survive.

— Shaun Hick

Eyes so young, so full of pain ... Two lonely drops of winter rain ... And no tear could these eyes sustain ... For too much had they seen.

— Shaun Hick

I am full of mistakes and imperfections, and therefore I am real ...

— Shaun Hick

I hasten to sleep so that I might dreamland color my mind with a myriad of things.

— Shaun Hick

I have often believed the pen to be a needle, and ink to be a thread. Each story is an intricately woven tapestry and with each word I invariably sew a piece of myself into the page.

— Shaun Hick

I may be going nowhere, but what a ride.

— Shaun Hick

In a corner of my soul there hides a tiny frightened child, who is frightened by a corner where there lingers something wild.

— Shaun Hick