The absence of abuse does not automatically equal a healthy relationship. The absence of trauma does not automatically equal joy.
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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Her mother told her she could grow up to be anything she wanted be, so she grew up to become the strongest of the strong, the strangest of the strange, the wildest of the wild, the wolf leading wolves.
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But the universe never promised you this would be easy. After all, you are the hero here.
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She is alone, and oh how brilliantly she shines.
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I know how to live with a blade and teach it not to make me bleed.
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That sadness that you do not speak of, that haunts you in the ache of midnight. Give it to me, I want to heal that.
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I am more powerful than I am damaged and I will rise from any abyss you drown me in.
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And I return home always. Because love’s call has always been stronger than the moon’s.
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Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.
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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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A wound left unhealed is bound to open again. That’s just what being human is.
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And what if there are things inside you that are much too difficult to love and you wished you were someone else instead?
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Even without him, you can bring down monsters. Believe me. You can still bring down monsters.
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There is nothing more dangerous than a girl who is aware of the flames inside her, and all the damage she can do.
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What do you do when you see a love so pure, so completely unwavering other than bow to it?
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That growth is simply learning how to suffer, gracefully, elegantly constantly moving and travelling without letting your pain tear you apart.
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