Perhaps he should have paid attention to the snakes coiled inside me waiting to strike.
NIKITA GILLWe have all taken turns being Red Riding Hood and we have all been the wolf.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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You fell in love with a storm. Did you really think you would get out unscathed?
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You are not an open wound, they just want you to think you are.
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Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.
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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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As leaves cover the forest floor in a carpet of vibrant rusts, orange and gold, autumn proves that sometimes death too can be a beautiful thing.
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So sing a soft lullaby to the things you hate about yourself, and get to know them too.
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The old gods may be ash and bone now, but in us they rise anew.
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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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I know how to handle noise better than I can handle silence.
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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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Survival is ugly. Healing is messy. Self-love is complicated.
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Perhaps magic is in the habit of choosing sharp-eyed girls who ask too many questions for their own good. Perhaps it chooses girls who are not unloved, but not fully loved either.
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How your voice tremors when you speak of loneliness.
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She is unpredictable, and unpredictable is another word for ‘threat’ when a woman wears it well.
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Girls who survive trauma do wear a certain vulnerability around them, but this kind of vulnerability is from where their greatest strength stems.
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