Quotes by Kris Kidd

147 quotes found

Common Themes

depression addiction heartbreak loneliness youth love sex sex-and-love-addiction drugs self-destruction eating-disorders mental-illness promiscuity breakups recovery god religion substance-abuse self-sabotage sex-addiction memory smoking los-angeles manipulation pain guilt self-worth love-addiction trauma repression

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

“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.”
— Kris Kidd
drugs heroin

“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 allowe...”
— Kris Kidd
exploitation modeling photography shame

“I’m not bilingual, but I am fluent in therapists’ jargon.”
— Kris Kidd
recovery therapy

“I like people with weak will and bad taste.It feels like anything is possible.”
— Kris Kidd
possibility weakness

“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 ...”
— Kris Kidd
fame los-angeles

“The more we look at anything, the more we see ourselves in the thing. This is called projection. There’s an ethics to projection, an unhinged sense of honesty. Honesty is complicated. The truth is ...”
— Kris Kidd
lying manipulation projection