Gaba

“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

“There is no love without justice.”
― bell hooks, Communion: The Female Search for Love – A Profound Vision for Self-Love, Sisterhood, Liberation, and Emotional Growth

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“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