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.
NIKITA GILLYou have never forgotten how home was more than just a language you grew inside your mouth before you said it in a way your tongue bled.
More Nikita Gill Quotes
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Bathe with ice-cold water of the ocean just to feel something again.
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I wish they could see the tenderness in the way the darkness takes the night’s hand.
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Lies are often truth-shaped. They’re only containers you must turn inside out and shake till the truth tumbles out, wide eyed and confused, blinking in a light it never thought it would see.
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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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Knowledge after all is a dark art, full to the brim with liberty, a trembling, malleable power.
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Not all girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice. Some are made of witchcraft and wolf and a little bit of vice.
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The greatest magic you have is the courage you go digging for, when your world falls apart, the light you still hold, when everything has grown dark.
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She didn’t just wait for someone to come and rescue her from her discontent and strife, instead she took matters into her own hands and empowered her own future, her own life.
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If we had no fears to master, how else would we grow?
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What I have spent in mourning is the price I have paid for my healing.
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Womanhood is rich with unlearning. How to unlearn the way you hate your body.
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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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And I return home always. Because love’s call has always been stronger than the moon’s.
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There is nothing more dangerous than a girl who is aware of the flames inside her, and all the damage she can do.
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The river takes what she wants, does what she desires, and washes over anything that stands in her way.
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