Top 120 Kim Holden Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Life ain’t about coasting. It’s about pushin’ the damn gas pedal all the way to the floor. Same goes for fun and love, no coasting. Pedal to the floor.”

— Kim Holden

2. “I would move heaven and Earth for you. I love you.”

— Kim Holden

3. “Because life is a gift.”

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4. “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.”

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5. “You do epic like no one else.”

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6. “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

7. “I usually try to avoid negative talk because it perpetuates negative thoughts and worse – negative action. It’s like the catalyst for misery.”

— Kim Holden

8. “Bright Side wasn’t only my best friend; she was like my other half... the other half of my brain, the other half of my conscience, the other half of my sense of humor, the other half of my creativity, the other half of my heart.”

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9. “I love the way you look at me, Seamus. No one’s ever looked at me like you do. Your eyes speak to me. When I say something funny, your eyes laugh before your mouth does. When I need encouragement, your eyes tell me I’m good enough. When I’m scared, your eyes hold me. And when you’re about to kiss me, your eyes undress my thoughts.”

— Kim Holden

10. “I just wanted someone to love me. But more than that, I want someone to love. I want reciprocation. I want connection.”

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11. “Mouths can lie, but eyes can’t.”

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12. “Sadness is melancholy. Depression is a black hole of despair. I always imagine it’s like drowning. There are short bursts of fresh air, like Alice, but the past, the hopelessness, the guilt, and self-loathing is a pair of lead shoes that always pull me back under.”

— Kim Holden

13. “Authenticity is rare. Either people don’t know who they are, or they’re afraid to share themselves with the world – I.”

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14. “I have a feeling your heart is heavy, and when your heart is heavy, everything’s harder.”

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15. “And it’s not over-the-top, in-your-face likeable. It’s subtle. The kind of likeable that lures you in and before you know it you’ve bought the ticket, boarded the bus, and are miles into the pleasant journey before you question where you’re even going in the first place.”

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16. “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.”

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17. “I guess when you find the right person, there are no rules. You make them up as you go along.”

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18. “So much more than thank you.”

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19. “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.”

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20. “I can’t stop thinking about her. Nothing specific, nothing I can visualize or recall. It’s just pain and emptiness. Darkness. The light, the bright light, is gone.”

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21. “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.”

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22. “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.”

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23. “I make an effort to survive my own self-destruction.”

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24. “There’s something epic that happens every day if you look hard enough for it. And every day is a chance to go out there and do epic. The.”

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25. “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.”

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26. “I never thought being with someone would feel this right. But it does. It does. It’s my fairy tale and even though it’s going to be short and have a terrible ending, it’s still mine.”

— Kim Holden

27. “You can never underestimate the power of a good push-up bra, my friend.”

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28. “Today, my life is awesome.”

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29. “Love is strange when you think about it. It comes out of nowhere. There’s no logic to it. It’s not methodical. It’s not scientific. It’s pure emotion and passion. And emotion and passion can be beautiful, because they fuel love. I’m.”

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30. “Hiding is how she functions. I wish she wouldn’t hide, but I’m in no position to judge. I’ve been hiding from myself for months.”

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31. “Treating people badly in reaction to how they treat us plays into the ugliness in the world and perpetuates it.”

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32. “It’s orange down low near the horizon, and pink on top, like the sky’s blushing as it forces out the sun.”

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33. “Sometimes a blessing is disguised as despair.”

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34. “I didn’t know people could hug your soul with their soul.”

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35. “I love you, Bright side.” He pecks her lightly on the lips. She whispers, “I love you, too.”

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36. “You should quit.”

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37. “Whoever said cotton panties aren’t sexy hasn’t seen Bright Side in a pair of them.”

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38. “Idleness and complacency lead to mediocrity.”

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39. “The most important time to listen is when words are missing, that’s when hearts cry out the loudest.”

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40. “How do you go back to doing what you did before, when half of you is gone forever?”

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41. “There’s an unspoken language when Gus and I play together. It’s always been that way. We hear and feel music the same way. Communication flows back and forth through the music, one reacting to and feeding off the other. Words are spoken with eyes and subtle nods.”

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42. “Touch is so underrated. The basic human need for contact.”

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43. “We meet a lot of people along this journey. Some of them are sonsabitches and some are special. When you find the special ones you don’t take a moment for granted, because you never know when your time with them is gonna be up.”

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44. “Guilt and me, we’re conjoined. One. When it isn’t stabbing me, I drag it around like a ball and chain.”

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45. “I feel alive and heavy with emotion, heavy like a tide that threatens to pull you under, but you somehow know it won’t because your heart is buoyant enough to keep you afloat no matter what.”

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46. “And my heart shatters for the second time today. It’s blown apart into so many pieces, the shrapnel spread so far and wide, I know what remains will never fit back together again. Puzzles don’t work when you only have half of the pieces. Same goes for hearts. I.”

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47. “Sometimes you have to listen to the things that people don’t say.”

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48. “Maybe it’s about opening up your definition of family to include friends, too. Because friends are the family you choose.”

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49. “Kate Sedgwick. That name holds so much power over me. The best kind of power: inspiring, encouraging, and respectable. It’s a name that I’ve always associated with badass bravery. It’s a name that always meant anything was possible. It’s a name that was love and goodness and kindness.”

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50. “Do good or die trying.”

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