Inspiring Phrases From Warsan Shire
I won’t glorify or romanticise heartbreak, for me it was a kind of death and I was forced to keep living. β Warsan Shire
I learn urgently the architecture of loss then find you again. β Warsan Shire
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. β Warsan Shire
Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. β Warsan Shire
I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day. β Warsan Shire
To my daughter I will say, βwhen the men come, set yourself on fire.’ β 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. β Warsan Shire
Various Statements From Warsan Shire
Make love like you have no secrets like you’ve never been left never been hurt like the world don’t owe you a single wretched thing. β Warsan Shire
You were like an ulcer on the inside of my cheek that my tongue could not stop touching. loving you was like watching a stranger clean a week old wound; i felt sick, but i wanted more. β Warsan Shire
I tend to the wound so often, it never heals. β Warsan Shire
My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude. β 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. β Warsan Shire
Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck. β Warsan Shire
Make peace with your body, it’s not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes. β Warsan Shire
More Phrases From Warsan Shire
Document the moments you feel most in love with yourselfβwhat you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat. β Warsan Shire
I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself. β Warsan Shire
How far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps? β Warsan Shire
We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there. β Warsan Shire
Redundant Thematics In Warsan Shire Statements 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. β 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. β Warsan Shire
I belong deeply to myself. β Warsan Shire
Deeper Quotes From Warsan Shire
You can’t make homes out of human beings. β 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. β Warsan Shire
All those nights with the phone warming the side of my face like the sun. β Warsan Shire
Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving. β Warsan Shire
I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running. β Warsan Shire
I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I’m bloated with language I can’t afford to forget. β Warsan Shire
There is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters. β Warsan Shire
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