“Today is a good day to rise from the darkness where you have locked yourself inside a body that is more wound than home, to greet the sun who has been waiting for this moment, this splendid moment for you to forgive yourself.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“You are made of beautiful, incredible, impossible things and your trauma does not get to trick you into believing that it is the only thing about you that matters.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“There is a science to your survival. There is a chemistry to your courage. There is a physics to your power. There is astronomy to your ancient. Allow no one the opportunity or the moment to take it away.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“And if you asked the sun what he loved the most, he would say it was the darkness, because it was what helped him shine.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“First admit that you are unhappy. Then admit why. Then understand you need to let go. Allow yourself a moment. Breathe in the moment deeply. Then the healing will begin.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“If they choose not to hold you, remind yourself you do not need his arms. Not when you have two of your own. Hold yourself. Remind yourself that the love you have to give is more nurturing than he can ever give you, and you deserve that love, a far more wholesome love than theirs.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I like people whose eyes tell stories and whose smiles have fought through wars. If you’re perfect, chances are we aren’t going to get on. If you’re one of the cool kids, chances are, you won’t like me. You see, what I want is authentic. What I want to see is your purity; I want to see the way you w…”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“You see, today I found a note from my seven-year-old self. All it read was, “When I grow up, I just want to be a good human.” And all I could think was, “I really hope I haven’t let her down.””— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“The saddest word in the whole wide world is the word almost. They were almost forever. She was almost good for him. He almost stopped her. She almost waited. He almost didn’t look back. She almost lived. They almost made it.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Alone and lonely are two different things. Alone means nights with my books. Alone means quiet stargazing and drinking tea on my roof. Alone means hours of self-aware retrospection in a coffee shop whilst scribbling poetry. But most importantly alone means not wilting into the arms of a man who may…”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“So when you see a monster next always remember do not fear the thing before you; fear the thing that created it instead.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“You are a miracle. The idea of your existence is a miracle. The fact that you are breathing at all is a miracle. Remember this when the world makes you feel like you don’t matter.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Remember that the stars and planets did not die for you to waste your time wondering if you are pretty enough or worthy enough to exist.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Never forget, you are more powerful than you are damaged and you will rise from any abyss they drown you in.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I suppose I love my scars because they have stayed with me longer than most people have.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“But maybe part of being me was always to give people the kind of love I wish someone would give to me.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“How many people do you think we have loved alive and then destroyed because they didn’t turn out to be who we expected them to be?”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com