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61 " I want to know exactly how many pieces of myself I had to give away before I became something else entirely. "
― Kris Kidd , Return to Sender
62 " Under the influence, I am easily influenced. I try to keep my pants on, but some things are easier said than done. "
― Kris Kidd , Down for Whatever
63 " In the soft light of morning, the sky outside turning light blue, my answer is always and still: “I’m fine. "
64 " My slurred speech isn’t from one or nine drinks too many, it’s from my father. "
65 " My blood makes noise. And I’m saying this now, because I have a strange gut feeling that it will be silenced someday soon. "
66 " Everywhere I go, I kind of half stumble, half stomp. If there’s a balcony within a hundred feet of me at any given time, I am on it— smoking a Marlboro light 100 and complaining about something. "
― Kris Kidd , I Can't Feel My Face
67 " I know it sounds a bit trite, but I really do get everything I want now. They say life is a game, and I guess I might agree if the stakes were a little higher, but it’s just so easy to fall into a cycle. I get bored. "
68 " Sometimes, I worry I'm winning. "
― Kris Kidd
69 " You preach cleanliness,so I try to keep my room clean,but I feel no closer to God, and I guess that’s okaybecause he doesn’t knowwho he’s fucking with anyway. "
70 " They say you can’t build Rome in a day, but I’m pretty sure you could destroy it in even less. "
71 " My nose bleeds, and every comedown feels like an overdose. I try to make peace with God each time, but he shows no interest, and it reminds me of my dad, and I get so upset that I just have to do another line. Like I said, a cycle. "
72 " And, to be honest, if weed is a gateway drug, then I really did hop the fence, but sometimes I can’t help but miss the sticky-sweet warmth of a good old fashioned hot box. "
73 " I drink Coke-zero while I score coke from an honors student in Huntington Beach. "
74 " My fingers are blistered and they smell like lighter fluid— like burnt tin foil and rusted silverware. Quick question: Is it still considered heroin chic if I’m actually using heroin? No? Whatever. "
75 " Every ghost has a story. Monsters are nothing without mythology. "
76 " Standing in the spotlight, surrounded by all my selves, each of them naked and vulnerable before your lens, I want to be split open and reminded of shame. I know that sounds selfish, but I’m allowed to be selfish ’cause we’re talking about photography. Do you honestly believe I don’t see it for what it actually is: Exploitative? Exploitation is the nature of the beast, whatever the hell that means. "
77 " I want to be split open and reminded of shame. "
78 " I’m not bilingual, but I am fluent in therapists’ jargon. "
79 " I like people with weak will and bad taste.It feels like anything is possible. "
80 " There are never any real stars in LA, but we’ve got a bunch of fake ones made out of brass and terrazzo. We embed them in the sidewalks outside of strip clubs and gift shops— Walk of Fame, walk of shame… walk of names we’re all destined to forget sooner or later. "