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21 " You will be forced to face more this year that you wished to keep secret. You will know love in the most painful of ways. You are oversensitive and others will hurt you, because you still haven't learned to harden your heart. "
― Nikita Gill , The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom
22 " Girlhood is confronting the parts of you that you think are too dark for anyone to love. "
23 " Learn it well. Wear your hair wild, embrace your anger and learn to wield it without fear as a sword against those who hurt you. "
24 " Sometimes all it takes to help someone survive anything brutal are those six words: 'None of it was your fault. "
25 " But I was brutal and violent in a way they tell women not to be. "
26 " Survival is ugly. Healing is messy. Self-love is complicated. It is your hardest days as much as your best days that help you grow. All of this is part of being human. "
27 " You see, there can be no life without death "
28 " We remember that family is not just those of blood. But also those we choose to love. "
29 " There is an old saying that when you meet your soulmate, your heart will not palpitate. Your body will not grow hot. Instead, you will feel like suddenly, you understand everything, and the tranquility of a thousand moons will grow between you. That was how she felt when she saw him. "
30 " The truth is, any hardship is bearable if you have someone to share it. "
31 " 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. "
32 " I know how to handle noise better than I can handle silence. "
33 " Raja Beta, Dil Ki Tukdi, what hurts you, my delight? "
34 " You're older, Paro. You can manage.' I heard that a lot. I learned later girls heard that a lot. "
35 " It happens suddenly. One day, your parents don't pick you up any more. "
36 " you have to choose between freedom and comfort. You choose freedom. Of course you choose freedom. "
37 " And what if there are things inside you that are much too difficult to love and you wished you were someone else instead? "