You fell in love with a storm. Did you really think you would get out unscathed?
NIKITA GILLYou are damaged and broken and unhinged. But so are shooting stars and comets.
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But I was brutal and violent in a way they tell women not to be.
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You smell of death. Everything about is an endless goodbye.
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Womanhood is rich with unlearning. How to unlearn the way you hate your body.
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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 wonder how I have carried so many regrets without even realising they were there.
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Take this as your reminder. Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear darkness, some wear wounds.
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Love yourself loudly, dangerously, everywhere people have been afraid to love you, afraid to ask the way to cherish you, afraid to hold you. Love yourself most in these places, because who can be a better teacher to others in how to love you than yourself.
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In human beings, a black hole is spending your energy loving someone who takes all of your love and gives back nothing in return.
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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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The rose is not everyone’s favorite flower, but that does not make it any less beautiful. There is a lesson for all of us in that.
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Some people survive and talk about it. Some people survive and go silent. Some people survive and create. Everyone deals with unimaginable pain in their own way, and everyone is entitled to that, without judgment.
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I don’t know how to love people well yet. But I know I can love you the way you deserve, if you let me.
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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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There is no justice in the world. You have to make your own, because believe me, the cosmos that gifted you the chaos, also created you with care.
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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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All the darkness of the night is no match for a single candle that refuses to die out.
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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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There is a spell for almost anything and if there’s not a spell, there is at least a poem.
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And they didn’t spend years painting your soul into masterpiece-like existence for you to waste it on someone who doesn’t appreciate you.
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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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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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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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You can strive to be perfect. Or you can strive to be art.
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There are three versions of you. The one that smiles and laughs with others, the one that hides and cries alone, and the one that has the ability to achieve greatness.
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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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But I am both nightmare and sin.
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