In a cave where everything is fragranced with water, she asks for a daughter instead of praying for a son.
NIKITA GILLKnowledge after all is a dark art, full to the brim with liberty, a trembling, malleable power.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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The worst story I know is my heart. The best story I know is my heart. Both these truths know how to exist together in ways I never thought I will learn. This is the quietest of victories.
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We do not abandon those who truly accept us for who we are.
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Forgive her for how her agony reveals itself, child. This is how blood magic works. Unconditional never meant perfect anyway.
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No one told me love could be a God of both living and dying. That girls who love girls do not just drown, they also float.
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To 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.’
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Listen to me girl, you have castles inside your bones, coronets in your heart, if he threatens you with a battle, you raise him a whole war, the last time I checked, queens cover before no man.
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When no one aids you, you build your own legs.
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To heal you must forgive your heart, your skin, your body, all of their mistakes.
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All the darkness of the night is no match for a single candle that refuses to die out.
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These are girls made of dark lace and witchcraft and a little bit of vice.
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Everyone has forgotten that Lucifer was beautiful too and God’s favorite till he fell.
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I had hoped one day to find someone who loves my monsters, the wolves that I feed, the demons I sing to sleep, the tiger that is my caged heart, the parts of me I do not talk about. I prayed and wished and yearned until I realized that I had already found her within me.
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A story is no small thing.
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Every love does not have to be made of desire. Some loves are kept for the people who stand by you through everything. Some soulmates are sisters not lovers. Some loves are for those who give you hope. And some for the strength, for wisdom, for dreams.
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Teach 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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