Seek no homes in other people’s chests.
NIKITA GILLWhen 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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We remember that family is not just those of blood. But also those we choose to love.
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My Fairy Godmother is my heart sustaining me.
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There is something moon-soaked and dawn-flavoured about her.
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And often when she finds herself missing him, missing the good moments with him, she whispers to herself, ‘The absence of you has taught me how to love myself. So thank you, my darling, my dearest.
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Only the brave and the broken are kind in this world.
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The bad new is, what was shattered may never be possible to rebuild. The good new is, what you make in its place will be better than what was destroyed.
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Perhaps he should have paid attention to the snakes coiled inside me waiting to strike.
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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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You have never forgotten how home was more than just a language you grew inside your mouth before you said it in a way your tongue bled.
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The old gods may be ash and bone now, but in us they rise anew.
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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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Ghosts of the person you used to be are so proud of who you are, they live on inside you applauding you for living on despite your scars.
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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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You have belonged better in your own arms than in anyone else’s. Remember you are the softest love you will ever have.
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