“Reading is an escape from the outside world. Everyone needs a little of that to keep their sanity.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Today, my life is awesome.
I don’t want to think about tomorrow.
Or the day after that.
So I repeat to myself: Today, my life is awesome.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Don't judge each other. We all have our own shit. Keep your eyes on yours and your nose out of everyone else's unless you're invited in. And when you get the invitation, help, don't judge.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Just when you think you know someone, they change. Or you change. Or maybe you both change. And that changes everything.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I’m not saying you shouldn’t pursue dreams and goals. Just don’t forsake the present for the unknowns of the future. A lot of happiness is bypassed, overlooked, postponed to a time years from now that may never come. Don’t bide your time and miss out on this moment for a tomorrow with no guarantee.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I know that you’re sad right now. Grieve, but don’t hold onto it. Grief smothers out life. Let it go. Remember me and be happy. You have an incredible life ahead of you. Make the most of every minute. Starting right now.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I've always been pretty good at accepting the whole of someone, the good with the bad. I see it all, but try not to let it cloud my judgement. People are complicated. Life is complicated.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I love you more than you could possibly imagine.”
"My imagination is endless,”
“Good. So is my love.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“SOME PEOPLE EXCEL IN THE ART OF HUGGING. THEY SOMEHOW MANAGE TO HUG YOU WITH THEIR WHOLE BEING, NOT JUST THEIR ARMS. THEIR WARMTH SURROUNDS EVERY INCH OF YOU. IT MAKES YOU FEEL CHERISHED AND COMFORTED.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“You do epic like no one else.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“We all have to fight to make the most of the life we're given.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Imagine for a moment that you were free of all the expectations in your life. What would you do? How would you live your life with no one watching? What would your future look like?”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Your body is a temple. You don’t shit on the temple.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“She’s the poster child for positivity. She’s a freaking ray of sunshine. She doesn’t just look on the bright side … she lives there.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I’m doomed. Guitar players just do it for me.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“You’re an amazing woman … a terrible influence, but an amazing woman.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I would've missed out on some of the best moments of my life if I weren't spontaneous. Honestly, I try not to think about the future too much. I'm a huge fan of the present.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Oh, fuck it. Yes, I'm in love with her. I honestly can't remember a time that I wasn't.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Smiles aren’t always happy, but hers is. It’s open, content, and confident.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“He says what’s on his mind and he doesn’t hold back. Life would be so much easier if everyone were that way.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I feel like I’ve been asleep for years and I’ve only just woken up.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“My life will not follow a fairy tale, and that's okay. My life is reality. And in my reality people don't fall in love and get married and live happily ever after, because life is complicated. And messy.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“think I just fell in love with butterflies.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“Fancy hides a lot, while simple unapologetically puts it out there for everyone to see.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“I've given up on life. Or life's given up on me. Either way I'm done." And then his voice hitches and quiets. "Finish me.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“You give me courage I never knew I had.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Bright Side
“There are two answers to the things they will teach you about our land: the real answer and the answer you give in school to pass. You must read books and learn both answers.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, quote from Half of a Yellow Sun
“If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.
If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to the store.
A bit of fluff would be your bed,
You'd swing upon a spider's thread,
And wear a thimble on your head
If you were one inch tall.
You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.
You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.
You'd run from people's feet in fright,
To move a pen would take all night,
(This poem took fourteen years to write--
'Cause I'm just one inch tall).”
― Shel Silverstein, quote from Where the Sidewalk Ends
“Readers have a loyalty that cannot be matched anywhere else in the creative arts, which explains why so many writers who have run out of gas can keep coasting anyway, propelled on to the bestseller lists by the magic words AUTHOR OF on the covers of their books.”
― Stephen King, quote from Bag of Bones
“How is it that I'd nearly been smothered to death, and yet I could sit there and notice things like my stepbrother's abdominal muscles a few minutes later?”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Shadowland
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it much.”
― Joseph Conrad, quote from Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
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