“No. I believe that dreams fuel life. And it's when you're chasing them that you're most alive. There's no reward in settling for the safety of status quo.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“The mouth is a magnificent tool to communicate intimacy – kissing, licking, sucking, nipping – it's screaming, I'm so fucking into you, without saying a word.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“She's my other half. Like for the first time in my life, I know what being unquestionably whole feels like. And I realize that the notion that my heart beats for me alone is a lie. It beats for us.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“Some people skim life and some people read so closely they see the things others don't. That's where the beauty lies, in between the lines, in the details. The story within the story. She sees it. She gets it.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“The world would be a better place if more people went apeshit over things like sunshine. The”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“I don't know if it's just the accent, but I get the feeling she's the type of person who could tell you to, Fuck off, and you'd take it as a compliment and respond with, Thank you very much.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“You certainly don't need me to make you sexy. You do that phenomenally all on your own.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“My mind and creativity comes with me wherever I go." She looks pointedly at me. "My heart, on the other hand, goes wherever you go. I don't fancy being separated from it or you.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“Assumptions are the fucking antichrist and only contribute to disaster in my experience. They're shit stirrers, not problem solvers.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“There are some people in life that you can vent to, or pour out sadness to, or voice frustration to, and they readily and willingly absorb it for the sole purpose of ridding you of it. They're the same people who can immediately replace that negativity with their light. Their presence gives you the power to purge the bad and embrace the good. It's rare. I've only known a few people in my life who are that way. Now I know one more.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“I'm hers. To confide in. To vent to. To celebrate with. To grow with. To show her strengths. To bear her vulnerabilities. To laugh with. To cry with. To love. And to be loved by. I'm hers.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“Some people skim life and some people read so closely they see the things others don't. That's where the beauty lies, in between the lines, in the details. The story within the story.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“She left her mark on everyone, we're all better for having known her.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“There are some people in life that you can vent to, or pour out sadness to, or voice frustration to, and they readily and willingly absorb it for the sole purpose of ridding you of it. They're the same people who can immediately replace that negativity with their light. Their presence gives you the power to purge the bad and embrace the good. It's rare. I've only known a few people in my life who are that way. Now”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“everyone, no matter what they do, because life isn't a competition. It doesn't require that one person lose because another one wins. We can all win. Six”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“Do you think sometimes dreams are better left as dreams because they still hold possibility and wonder and there's no room for failure?”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“If I setup a goddamn Pinterest account, I want you to punch me in the fucking face." She”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“Love in all its incantations, promises made with flesh and bone and word and intent.”
― Kim Holden, quote from Franco
“My interpreter Sayuri is folding a piece of notebook paper. She is at step 21, where the crane's body is inflated. The directions show a tiny puff besides an arrow pointing at the bird. It makes sense if you already know what to do. Otherwise, it's wonderfully surreal: Put a cloud inside a bird.”
― Mary Roach, quote from Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
“L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”
― Dante Alighieri, quote from La Divina Comedia
“When the mind is free of any thought or judgment, it is still and acts like a mirror. Then and only then can we know things as they are.”
― W. Timothy Gallwey, quote from The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
“If you talk to these extraordinary people, you find that they all understand this at one level or another. They may be unfamiliar with the concept of cognitive adaptability, but they seldom buy into the idea that they have reached the peak of their fields because they were the lucky winners of some genetic lottery. They know what is required to develop the extraordinary skills that they possess because they have experienced it firsthand. One of my favorite testimonies on this topic came from Ray Allen, a ten-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association and the greatest three-point shooter in the history of that league. Some years back, ESPN columnist Jackie MacMullan wrote an article about Allen as he was approaching his record for most three-point shots made. In talking with Allen for that story, MacMullan mentioned that another basketball commentator had said that Allen was born with a shooting touch—in other words, an innate gift for three-pointers. Allen did not agree. “I’ve argued this with a lot of people in my life,” he told MacMullan. “When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, ‘Don’t undermine the work I’ve put in every day.’ Not some days. Every day. Ask anyone who has been on a team with me who shoots the most. Go back to Seattle and Milwaukee, and ask them. The answer is me.” And, indeed, as MacMullan noted, if you talk to Allen’s high school basketball coach you will find that Allen’s jump shot was not noticeably better than his teammates’ jump shots back then; in fact, it was poor. But Allen took control, and over time, with hard work and dedication, he transformed his jump shot into one so graceful and natural that people assumed he was born with it. He took advantage of his gift—his real gift. ABOUT”
― K. Anders Ericsson, quote from Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
“The infamous Jeramiah Poe,” the being said, sliding off the rock with a fluid grace. “Outlaw. Violator of ancient codes. Fugitive of the Gendarme…”
― Lucian Bane, quote from Seven Sons of Zion
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