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01Undated

Denial can be beautifulBut only when you're a fantastic liar

Kim Holden / quote

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02Undated

I have too much doubt. It’s the bastard child of fear. I hate fear. So doubt sidles up next to determination in my heart. It doesn’t outweigh it. They coexist.

Kim Holden / quote

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03Undated

the person you’ve always wanted to be. Some days your heart will be in it, and some days you’ll fake it, but eventually it will become a habit and without thinking about it, you will be changed anew. A new attitude. A new outlook. A new perspective. The human mind is a wonderful thing to grant us that kind of change.

Kim Holden / quote

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04Undated

I don’t want to be my limitations. I don’t want to be my pain. I don’t want to be my embarrassment.

Kim Holden / quote

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05Undated

Misery loves companyTragically

Kim Holden / quote

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06Undated

Hiding and waitingFor the worst Or the end

Kim Holden / quote

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07Undated

Trust and my heart are linked. If I trust you it means I've let you into my heart. And I trust you not to hurt me. The pinnacle of trust, the trust I've never afforded to anyone, is the scariest: true love.

Kim Holden / quote

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08Undated

I'm crying again. I cry so often now that sometimes I don't even realize it until the tears are already streaming down my cheeks.

Kim Holden / quote

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09Undated

Do you know what it's like to be blessed with someone so special, to love them so much it hurts, and then have them taken from you forever?

Kim Holden / quote

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10Undated

Thank you.” I’ve said thank you thousands of times in my life. Most of the time I mean it to some degree. There are times when I’ve said it and felt the gratitude behind the words wholeheartedly, but I don’t think I ever understood what those two words truly meant until this very moment. Now I think I need a new phrase because thank you is insufficient in this situation.

Kim Holden / quote

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11Undated

Because that’s what parents do, without even thinking about it, that’s what parents do. They fill their children with love and understanding and compassion and knowledge so that when they’re adults no one can extinguish them. They’ll burn so bright they can’t be brought down.

Kim Holden / quote

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12Undated

Sometimes I’m irrational, I know I am, but even irrational thought feels very, very real when you’re in the middle of shit.

Kim Holden / quote

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13Undated

Genetics doesn’t ensure love, or even like, time and effort do. You don’t give them your time, and you don’t show them effort

Kim Holden / quote

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14Undated

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

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15Undated

There should always be another kissAnd another after that

Kim Holden / quote

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16Undated

Never misconceive that which is real

Kim Holden / quote

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17Undated

And guilt is heavy, like an anchor holding me in place and hindering any and all advancement.

Kim Holden / quote

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18Undated

A hug is a display of love that begins on the physical end of the spectrum but bleeds into the emotional end of the spectrum if you let it, if you give into it. It’s the most innocent, pure form of physical human connection there is. It only takes two willing people, who don’t even have to know each other, to participate. Two willing people who want that exchange. It’s so easy, but there are people who never get them. People who never get them,” she repeats softly, it’s a confession.

Kim Holden / quote

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