How to Live Forever Quotes

“A person who doesn't shiver during a rifle salute or when Taps is played at a military funeral isn't human. There's something about the symbols of tribute to those who sacrificed of themselves for others. You don't feel your emotions stir just for the dead. You feel them stir for the living. You look around and see men and women at salute, saying, This is what your actions mean to me.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“Want to honor the departed? Then celebrate their lives.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“A person who doesn't shiver during a rifle salute or when Taps is played at a military funeral isn't human.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“The point of that post was that since the Great Intelligence isn't watching your every move and waiting for you to screw up so that it can mock you, you might as well stop asking for permission to do that thing you want to do. You might as well stop living in fear. You only get so long to live, and you are very small, so do it up. Live, already. This is very different from saying that you do not matter. You do matter. If you choose to matter.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“My point was that if you ever want to live the time you have to live, you need to get over yourself. All eyes are not on you. Nobody will care if you try something and fail. You know that Adam Sandler thing, "They're all going to laugh at you?" Nobody's going to laugh. Nobody gives a shit.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“If you do nothing, you are nothing. If someone could pluck you from existence and nothing would change, you've failed.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“I am not my body. Don't mourn my body. Don't dress and parade my body. I am my deeds. I am my actions. Address those, not the husk.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“You are not your body or where you live or who you know, or even who you are.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“Call no man happy until he is dead.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“The most popular post on my blog is The Universe Doesn't Give a Flying Fuck About You. It's a good post, but I'd like to explain its meaning a bit more, for those of you who are into that sort of thing. The point of the "Universe" post is to show you how big the universe is and how little you are in the big picture. It's not meant to be a punch in the face -- just a reality check to make you stop worrying so damn much about how your every little action is going to cause widespread ruin.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“A family friend had what I hear was the mother of all cool funerals. He died in his seventies and was a super-fun, super-funny guy. His funeral reflected that. Family and friends told their hilarious Vince stories, salted with the bad Vince jokes he used to tell. He was part of a band (I believe it was some sort of Dixieland affair) and they played at the gathering. There were many shenanigans. There was some sadness and there were some tears, but by and large the service reflected him and his legacy. The focus was on his life, not his death. And his life was awesome -- his deeds and influence and stories still very much alive.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“You are what you choose to be.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“You do matter. If you choose to matter.”
― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

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― Johnny B. Truant, How to Live Forever

“If you do nothing, you are nothing. If someone could pluck you from existence and nothing would change, you've failed.”
― Johnny Truant, How to Live Forever