Gaba

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”
― Anaïs Nin

“expect sadness
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“precious. is a word we barely know. but know we are not. so then i say this to you. you. with the low sun face. with the burning mountain eyes. you. with the skin is that is always dusted with stars. you. with the soil in your thigh. arm. lips. you person of color. you are precious. you are precious. you are precious. spend time with this.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, nejma

“The fact that men use emotional withholding as a weapon of psychological terrorism is never discussed.”
― bell hooks, Communion: A New York Times Bestseller