runningon-river

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On February 9th, I'll be exactly 23 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day old.

The same exact age River was when he passed.

I can't stop thinking about this.

I don't think of River too much-- though it is possible I have thought of him at least a millisecond per day since I've known him. And I'm happily engaged. It's strange.

Not sure who this will reach.

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What a blessing it is to us all to know we now have another River Phoenix in the world. Welcome back, sweet River.

#river phoenix #joaquin phoenix

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Rare photos of River and Flea on the set of My Own Private Idaho

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Rare photos of River signing an autograph for an extra and smoking a cigarette on the set of Dark Blood in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico on October 23rd ‘93

#fan #autograph

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Running on Empty (USA, 1988)

#river #danny #roe #glasses #piano

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Stand By Me (1986) 

#stand by me #teddy #corey #chris

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It’s not been the same without you, rest easy River, darling.

#river #quote #quotes

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Blessings left by fans at the Viper Room this week

#memorial

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25 years ago, the world lost its rarest gem.

River, you were the most beautiful flower in the mortal garden of souls. No wonder God picked you too soon. I love you. 🌹

I’ll see you in my dreams tonight ☁

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I am left with love now. No pain. I can cry and it doesn't hurt. I don't long too deeply, cling to the unattainable. Thank you River. I know you played a part in it all. I prayed for change and you gave it to me. You would've loved him, I know it.

#dear river

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Now and then, from the deep, hidden river of life, great spirits in human form are thrown up; like semaphores in the night they warn of danger ahead.  But their appeal is in vain to those “abandoned but still burning locomotives” who hold to the rails.

No matter what a fiasco he made of his own life, oddly enough I believe that if he had been given the chance he would have made the world a better place to live in.  I believe that the dreamer, no matter how impractical he may appear to the man in the street, is a thousand times more capable, more efficient, than the so-called statesman.

He saw far beyond the hopes and dreams of ordinary men and statesmen alike.  He lacked the support of those very people who delight in accusing him of being the dreamer, the people who dream only when they fall asleep, never with eyes wide-open.  For the dreamer who stands in the very midst of reality all proceeds too slowly. - The Time of The Assassin (Henry Miller, 1946)

#on river #book

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The night sky the day River was born on August 23rd 1970 in Madras, Oregon

#heaven #stars

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Thinking of you, today and forever. Thank you for helping to take my pain away. It doesn't hurt anymore and that is my biggest victory. You're still here, I swear. I love you forever.

#happy birthday #48th #48 #love you always

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Happy birthday, Rio ✌️

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© @clashpistols

#glasses #danny #roe

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I had no idea they had met!

River Phoenix & Corey Haim | 1980s

#corey haim

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I love seeing pictures I have not come across before

Sidney Lumet directing River and the cast of Running on Empty

#glasses #danny #roe