““How Come No One Ever Talks About How Great River Phoenix Was How He Was Not Homophobic Or A Racist

“We are the last generation of human beings who will have a choice whether or not to save the earth. If we don’t do something to protect our environment, it will be too late for our children to try” — River Phoenix, 1991

“He was a teen idol with a message. He signed his name with a peace symbol”

before sunrise (1995) // norwegian wood, haruki murakami

“River made a difference each day of his life. I hope his death will move others to work for a healthier, more compassionate world, so that young people will not feel drawn to numb themselves against a culture too cruel to endure, but will, instead, be able to live with joy and peace and love.” — Zoe Weil [The Animals Agenda, 1994]

Dear River, Will love you forever and a day. 💫

[•23rd August, 1970 — 31st October, 1993 • ♾]

não fui criada em águas rasas, e sempre dei mergulhos profundos

mas vou passar a noite velejando no azul esverdeado de teus venustos olhos

pedindo aos céus que desta vez eu não me afogue

— tentativas

“He grew up as a naive little kid saying, ‘I want to save the world’. As he got older he started to realize that it was impossible to do. Nobody can. A lot of people go nuts because they feel the pain and they want to do something about it and they can’t. I think River felt that very intensely”

— Josh Greenbaum

“He knows his mind and speaks it, even if what he says doesn’t fit in with his peers. You could call River the ultimate individualist. A vegan in the day of McDonalds, a pacifist in the era of nuclear weapons” — Teen Beat, 1988

“We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.”

—

Joaquin Phoenix

River lived to protect ALL creatures.

Save me Brazilian catholic guilt