16 Quotes & Sayings By Sean Patrick Brennan

Sean Patrick Brennan is a poet and short story writer based in New York City. He has published over twenty-five books of poetry and is the author of the chapbooks The Big Game (Hayden's Ferry Press) and The Longest Walk (Hayden's Ferry Press), as well as the award-winning collection of poetry, A Night Outside (Hayden's Ferry Press). His most recent book of poems is The Cards We Played (Red Hen Press).

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Unrequited love has as much to do with sex as a pillow does. Sure, it’s often part of the process, but it exists on its own whether or not naked people are grinding into each other nearby. Sean Patrick Brennan
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Know that God loves you very, very much. And remind others that they are loved too. If they don’t want to hear that God loves them, then tell them you love them. It will be just as important! Beliefs vary, but love always works! Sean Patrick Brennan
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I know you don’t want to stand up to the bullies, the peace-breakers, or even the demons among you. You want someone else to handle it, someone else to tell them to stop, someone else to bring the peace. And very often in your life, there will be someone else, and you’ll be able to stay in your place of peace. But other times, the peace you crave can only be found by fighting the battle, and the light you crave can only be seen by fighting the darkness. . Sean Patrick Brennan
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Imagine someone is fast asleep in a very dark room. The friend who opens the curtains to let the light in will be cursed and hated. But the day had long since started, and the friend still sleeping curses the light, and prefers the darkness. In the same way, those who bring light to a dark situation will be cursed and ridiculed for their optimism and love. They will be scorned and rejected for their joy and hope. But optimism, love, hope, and joy should be pursued anyway. In all things, you must trust in the knowing your brain will never know, the feeling your heart can never reveal, and the Spirit your own soul still hasn’t even begun to explore. This is the profound gift of a firm grasp on faith. Sean Patrick Brennan
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You must trust in your inner being of light, the angel you already are. Sean Patrick Brennan
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Do not let your conscience be clouded by unknown storms. Trust in the atmosphere of spirit that breathes so calmly deep within you at all times. Sean Patrick Brennan
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The truth is often a big, scary wall, no less massive and haunting even after you find a way around it. Sean Patrick Brennan
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It's an unholy crusade against good people everywhere, all in my name. If I had a stomach, I'd be sick to it. You see now why so many good people just give up out there? You can only take so much evil pretending to be good. You can only handle so many broken souls acting as if good people are the evil ones, before you raise your hands and claim defeat. But I want you all to understand something. There is evil happening. There are spirits from Hell demonizing. There are even wars planned, and dark judgments justified by the self-righteous fanatics. But none of that means good can't also triumph. None of that means good cannot rise up against hatred, against judgment, against the armies of Hell itself, and bring about a tidal wave of joy and love. Evil does, but good always is. Sean Patrick Brennan
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You have to love and respect your body, just as you must love and respect your soul, before you can truly love and respect the bodies and souls of those you care for. Of course the body itself is no matter to Heaven for the same reason that matter is no matter. Your gluten and your gluttonous maximus are a corporeal issue. Only your gluttony is an affair of the soul. Sean Patrick Brennan
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Live in the present. Tomorrow is a puzzle you can only solve with the answers you find today. Sean Patrick Brennan
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Even if it’s a really funny joke, don’t laugh if the devil’s the one telling it! Sean Patrick Brennan
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God can only show you eternity if you are willing to let go completely of the now. Sean Patrick Brennan
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It’s on the path of simplicity that love prefers to walk. Sean Patrick Brennan
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The Creator puts life into motion, and doesn’t just sit around all day moving each and every piece this way and that on his whims. If life was just one gigantic board game, God isn’t the banker or the leader, or even a collection of all the players. God is just the one who invented the game. You can be pissed all you want when something awful or even evil happens during the game, but you have no right to go and sue Milton Bradley. . Sean Patrick Brennan
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I’m of the camp that if an angel tells you one thing, and a man in ruby slippers tells you another, you go with the angel. Sean Patrick Brennan