Every time a man takes from a woman’s body without her permission, he is disrespecting the womb from which he was born, he is defiling the place that protected him when he was at his most defenseless.
NIKITA GILLYou are permitted to be cruel sometimes, and you are allowed to fall apart, and feel every emotion they tell you not to feel.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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My darling, he is just a boy. How can he possibly begin to appreciate the constellations you leave in your wake, or the stardust in your bones, when he has yet to realize just what it means to be in love with a girl like you?
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People talk about love like it is patient and kind. Love is also dark. It is ferocious and angry and destructive.
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Stop looking for people who only want your beauty and turn away your chaos and darkness.
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I am so hungry for someone to love me.
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But I am both nightmare and sin.
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Womanhood is rich with unlearning. How to unlearn the way you hate your body.
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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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What a perfect collision of star it was that came together at just the right moment at just the right time to build the incredible thing that is you.
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You can strive to be perfect. Or you can strive to be art.
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If a woman does not fit the shape of what you think a woman should, if a woman is not obedient, does not see things the way you do, if a woman is too independent to need anything more than herself, does she automatically become a threat filled with such terror to you?
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We have all taken turns being Red Riding Hood and we have all been the wolf.
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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 are still the kindest thing that ever happened to me, even if that is not how our tale is told.
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Those freckles make you seem like a galaxy of stars, just waiting to be explored and loved.
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The ghosts of all the women you used to be are all so proud of who you have become, storm child made of wild and flame.
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Forgiveness is easier to give to others than to yourself. But I am slowly learning.
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Some things are beautiful, but they are beautiful in the way of the sun. If you fly too close, they will melt your wings and send you plummeting into the sea.
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There is an old saying that when you meet your soulmate, your heart will not palpitate. Your body will not grow hot. Instead, you will feel like suddenly, you understand everything, and the tranquility of a thousand moons will grow between you. That was how she felt when she saw him.
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Become fluent in the language of letting go. Learn to give people up before they hurt you beyond repair.
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The worst story I know is my heart. The best story I know is my heart. Both these truths know how to exist together in ways I never thought I will learn. This is the quietest of victories.
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Knowledge after all is a dark art, full to the brim with liberty, a trembling, malleable power.
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Every woman is both match and spark, a light for each other from the dark.
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So when they ask you what you weigh, you don’t need to look down at any scale. Instead, simply tell them the truth; tell them how you weigh whole universes and storms and scars and stories, too.
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The absence of abuse does not automatically equal a healthy relationship. The absence of trauma does not automatically equal joy.
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Softer memories once lived there. Where there is now burning. Where there is now blood.
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Survival is ugly. Healing is messy. Self-love is complicated. It is your hardest days as much as your best days that help you grow. All of this is part of being human.
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