I hope our daughters are born with so much fire in their souls, they could put volcanoes and stars to shame.
NIKITA GILLThe truth is, any hardship is bearable if you have someone to share it.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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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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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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I had hoped one day to find someone who loves my monsters, the wolves that I feed, the demons I sing to sleep, the tiger that is my caged heart, the parts of me I do not talk about. I prayed and wished and yearned until I realized that I had already found her within me.
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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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Heroes are never born fearless. They become heroes by facing their fears, by meeting them head on and saying, ‘You do not control me, or own me anymore.
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A war is still a war even if it is inside your head, did you know this?
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Maybe living your truth will not make you happy all the time, but it will make you happy every day.
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To heal you must forgive your heart, your skin, your body, all of their mistakes.
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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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Some loves come with an expiration date, like all things that are perishable this kind of loves rot.
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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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Sometimes all it takes to help someone survive anything brutal are those six words: ‘None of it was your fault.
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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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When no one aids you, you build your own legs.
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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 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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What if I told you your damage doesn’t define you and the way you survive is no one’s damned business?
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You have belonged better in your own arms than in anyone else’s. Remember you are the softest love you will ever have.
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Stop looking for people who only want your beauty and turn away your chaos and darkness.
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Anxious people are resorceful, they need to know how to keep the sea of panic at bay so they do not drown.
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We do not abandon those who truly accept us for who we are, and if you could save all the people who accepted you completely, wouldn’t you go back to save them too?
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I wonder how I have carried so many regrets without even realising they were there.
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She is unpredictable, and unpredictable is another word for ‘threat’ when a woman wears it well.
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You see, there can be no life without death.
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If we had no fears to master, how else would we grow?
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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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