“Some people survive to talk about it. Some people survive it and go silent. Some people survive it and create. Everyone deals with unimaginable pain in their own way, and everyone is entitled to that, without judgment.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I apologize for every person that loved you badly and made you feel like you take up more space than you deserve. Nothing saddens me more than watching you and knowing they made you believe that love is an awful thing that can only hurt.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“The scars aren’t beautiful. The courage of the person who wears them so gracefully is.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“It is absolutely possible to love someone deeply, purely, wholly whilst still learning, struggling, understanding how to love yourself.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“There are still roses that will bloom in your lungs if you can learn to breathe through the thorns.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“You do not get to destroy someone and decide how ruined they are allowed to feel.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I still do not know how to love anyone who won’t show their softest side to me. And maybe that makes me a monster, but how can I trust someone without seeing their vulnerability?”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Count your scars, one by one, but instead of scars, think of them as journeys that you have taken to become.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“Tell me, if a person falls apart alone in the dark, does it make a sound?”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“You are not broken. You are simply disassembled for a while as the artist inside rebuilds something infinite out of you.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com