Quotes From "Down For Whatever" By Kris Kidd

And confessions of love have always seemed out of place when you’re gasping for air, when you’re begging for pain, when you’re missing something, unable to change the channel. Kris Kidd

I haven’t felt the full weightof the world on my shoulders, and I haven’t experienceda fraction of the painand embarrassment I’ve put out into this great bigwhite world. Kris Kidd

I think of drug dealers like I think of my father– never really there when you want them to be. Kris Kidd

My desire to self-destruct is a one-night standon Groundhog Day.Fucking repetitive. Repetitively fucking. Kris Kidd

I talk too much, but there's a lot unsaid. I've slept in a lot of beds. Kris Kidd

You grow bored of these shrines, and you abandon thembecause you know for a fact that you will worshipanything you kneel before. Like God.Like cock. Like porcelain. Kris Kidd

There's stranger sex than sex with strangers. Kris Kidd

A drop in the bucket, a tear in the ocean, you’ve been treading cold water, memorizing the motion just to stay afloat. Kris Kidd

And I guess at the end of the day, you’re just amazed that I can still stand, and I’m just amazed that I can stand still. Kris Kidd

It’s so hard not to be fascinated by the broken, to remember that a boy with a sad smile and a pretty face is not the boy that you should fall in love with. Kris Kidd

You burn bright and you burn hard, like a fire in a dumpster, and nobody is so worriedabout you burning as they are worried about the fire spreading. Kris Kidd

You are only as deepas the ashtrays you use. You only stick around because you like the abuse. Kris Kidd

I’m a lot like you, and you’re a lot like me. It’s sad to say, and it’s sad to see. Kris Kidd

It isn’t easy, ” is easy to say and sometimes I think that the only thing we can dois say really easy things to each other. Kris Kidd

I want to remember what we were like before we became ourselves. Kris Kidd

The piece of you that loves a part of me tries its best to hold onto the rest, but my heart is a thousand-piece puzzle of a faraway galaxy, deep purple, colors blending together and impossible to place. Kris Kidd

You ask yourself when you’ll learn, and the answer is always, “ Tomorrow. Kris Kidd

Sunrise is starting to feel like a guilt trip. Kris Kidd

I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict. Kris Kidd

You give the shirt off your back, no questions asked, and you stand alone at the cavernous mouth of your suburban closet–your entire life spent wonderingwhere your clothes went. Kris Kidd

I gave them everything I had, and I guess it feelsalright. I gave them my body, and they use it every night. Kris Kidd

Years from now, I will pass this same park, and I won’t remember any of this. Instead, I will feel something like a spark– a heat like Augustin a suburban town, and a desire to groweven when I know I’ll be cut down. Kris Kidd

We skip school and we ditch chores. We haunt shopping malls and grocery stores. House parties grow dull, but Amy's boyfriend is a dealer and we find ways to pass the time. Kris Kidd

Apathetic in my adolescence, my heart is fluorescent. It flickerslike liquor store lights in the ghetto. Kris Kidd

Under the influence, I am easily influenced. I try to keep my pants on, but some things are easier said than done. Kris Kidd

In the soft light of morning, the sky outside turning light blue, my answer is always and still: “I’m fine. Kris Kidd

My slurred speech isn’t from one or nine drinks too many, it’s from my father. Kris Kidd

My blood makes noise. And I’m saying this now, because I have a strange gut feeling that it will be silenced someday soon. Kris Kidd

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. Kris Kidd

They say you can’t build Rome in a day, but I’m pretty sure you could destroy it in even less. Kris Kidd

I’m not bilingual, but I am fluent in therapists’ jargon. Kris Kidd

I like people with weak will and bad taste. It feels like anything is possible. Kris Kidd