Girls like her were born in a storm. They have lightning in their souls. Thunder in their hearts. And chaos in their bones.
NIKITA GILLTeach your daughters their battle cries are needed far more than their silence and hear them deafen the world with their fearlessness.
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You can strive to be perfect. Or you can strive to be art.
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All my childhood heroes lived on the page. Now they live in me.
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Burn every memory that does not help you grow. Destruction, too, can be necessary.
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All because you were born into a family that could afford these things for you. This is called a privilege and you must never forget it.
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So when they ask you what you weigh, you don’t need to look down at any scale. Instead, simply tell them the truth; tell them how you weigh whole universes and storms and scars and stories, too.
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So sing a soft lullaby to the things you hate about yourself, and get to know them too.
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These are girls made of dark lace and witchcraft and a little bit of vice.
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It makes them feel a little free, to kiss something dangerous on the mouth.
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All he knew was chaos and this mortal world was obsessed with order
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Girls who survive trauma do wear a certain vulnerability around them, but this kind of vulnerability is from where their greatest strength stems.
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Does a heart that is rotted cease to be called a heart?
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Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice. Some are made of witchcraft and wolf and a little bit of vice.
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She takes her life and starts turning it into something beautiful without him. She learns how to love herself in the most intricate of ways. She goes out and spends time with her friends when she is lonely. She learns to love her alone.
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Your body is not a first aid kit for broken people and damaged souls and hearts that are too tired to fix themselves.
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I am so afraid of disappointing the people I love, I often forget that I am someone I love too. And I need kindness just as much as I believe the people I love do.
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The loneliest thing you can ever do is take very instance where you should grow and waste it by only thinking how could this happen to you?
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What a perfect collision of star it was that came together at just the right moment at just the right time to build the incredible thing that is you.
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You need not fear the wolves you hide in your soul. They were made not to hurt you, but to protect you against this world.
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Become fluent in the language of letting go. Learn to give people up before they hurt you beyond repair.
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We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.
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When I set out to find my father, I was not being brave. I was acting out of fear or losing the only parent I ever had. They may want you to believe I was simple being brave, but anxiety makes more heroes than history would care to repeat.
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If we had no fears to master, how else would we grow?
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To my inner child, I promise I am trying my best to heal from everything that hurt you. I promise I am trying to become the person you need me to be so we can both be whole.
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You are damaged and broken and unhinged. But so are shooting stars and comets.
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Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.
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Those freckles make you seem like a galaxy of stars, just waiting to be explored and loved.
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