In a cave where everything is fragranced with water, she asks for a daughter instead of praying for a son.
NIKITA GILLHow do you go back to being strangers with someone who has seen your soul?
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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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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Remind ourselves that grief may feel longer and more poignant than happiness but it still has an ending.
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You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.
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Let it hurt. Let it bleed. Let it heal. And let it go.
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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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My Fairy Godmother is my heart sustaining me.
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Tell them all what they tried to kill came back. Tell them all that I have come home.
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There is something moon-soaked and dawn-flavoured about her.
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Tell your daughters how you love your body. Tell them how they must love theirs.
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Why be a half-finished poem in some forgotten poet’s story, when one can be an odyssey in and of herself, part magic, part villain, part Goddess, part lover.
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You are a dangerous collection of all my favorite things. An old soul, a heart of gold, and hands that make my body sing.
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There are graveyards inside you made of people that made you ache, made of memories that you barely survived made of trauma and heartbreak. These graveyards need to become gardens where you plant flowers that blossom, for you to let go.
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Girlhood is confronting the parts of you that you think are too dark for anyone to love.
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Did you really think she was a tender flower you could trample upon, and damage her very soul? She is wildfire. And she is coming to devour you whole.
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Burn every memory that does not help you grow. Destruction, too, can be necessary.
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