“ Later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt?it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere. Warsan Shire
“ Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel. Warsan Shire
“ His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay. Warsan Shire
“ The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do. Warsan Shire
“ Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers. Warsan Shire
“ It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me. Warsan Shire
“ At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before. Warsan Shire
“ The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night, for even then, we have the moon. Warsan Shire
“ Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat. Warsan Shire
“ Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for to… Warsan Shire
“ You tried to change didn’t you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake... You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. Warsan Shire
“ Later that night she picked the polish offwith her front teeth until the bed you sharedfor seven years seemed speckled with glitterand blood. Warsan Shire
