Love someone who is kinder to you than you are to yourself.
NIKITA GILLTo my children, I will say, ‘Fill your skin with kindness and find solace in your solitude. It takes bravery to be kind. But to be brave you will need to know how to stand for something even if you are completely alone.’
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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Grief makes unlikely warriors out of us all.
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There is a knowing in her, she hears them say, that makes her untamable. She has known since she was a child that she is observant in a way that makes them uncomfortable.
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I wish they could see the tenderness in the way the darkness takes the night’s hand.
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You fell in love with a storm. Did you really think you would get out unscathed?
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The world is not allowed to make a meal of you, girl. It is there for your consuming.
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When I held her, I held her gently so that she always knew she could fly away and I would never harm her or clip her wings.
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We have all taken turns being Red Riding Hood and we have all been the wolf.
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In a cave where everything is fragranced with water, she asks for a daughter instead of praying for a son.
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Sometimes, you are going to miss a person who was an almost to you. And feel sad because there is no name for that feeling.
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I am trying to stop being the ashes that you left behind.
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Womanhood is rich with unlearning. How to unlearn the way you hate your body.
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Did you really think she was a tender flower you could trample upon, and damage her very soul? She is wildfire. And she is coming to devour you whole.
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The bird building her home on your windowsill has every nest destroyed before. The spider that is delicately weaving a masterpiece has had every single thread broken before. And despite it all, they try again.
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I hope you summon your courage and you invite your demons to tea, and you learn to listen to all their stories.
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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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