And power, power was so much more important than beauty ever could be.
NIKITA GILLThe woman who tames fires and snakes and savours bones.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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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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I know how to handle noise better than I can handle silence.
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Perfection in imperfection. Someone whose flaws work well with yours.
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I am trying to stop being the ashes that you left behind.
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If you think the value of a woman is only in the curve of her hips and the shape of her breasts, you do not understand how to read beneath her jagged lines, the sacred geometry that make up her glorious heart and her beautiful mind.
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In a cave where everything is fragranced with water, she asks for a daughter instead of praying for a son.
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And darling, I hope your remember to kiss the ghosts goodnight. They are only older versions of you that you have had to discard and forget.
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Do not disregard or hate the maps on your skin and soul. These scars have never diminished your worth, they are the stories that make you whole.
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You are not an open wound, they just want you to think you are.
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Girls like her were born in a storm. They have lightning in their souls. Thunder in their hearts. And chaos in their bones.
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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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I used to only pick up a pen for myself but now I pick one up for you too. Is there such a thing as an unselfish love poem? I don’t know, but I’m trying.
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When I was a little girl, I had a friend and sometimes I wondered if he was born on the day the Titanic sank.
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She is alone, and oh how brilliantly she burns.
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We remember that family is not just those of blood. But also those we choose to love.
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There is an art in the emptiness of all natural things.
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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.
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But I am both nightmare and sin.
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There is a difference between holy and pure. Holy is also the way the anger boils inside our throats.
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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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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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We have all taken turns being Red Riding Hood and we have all been the wolf.
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Even without him, you can bring down monsters. Believe me. You can still bring down monsters.
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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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To heal you must forgive your heart, your skin, your body, all of their mistakes.
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And often when she finds herself missing him, missing the good moments with him, she whispers to herself, ‘The absence of you has taught me how to love myself. So thank you, my darling, my dearest.
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