Quotes from 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.

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.

Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

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.

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.

I have my mother's mouth and my father's eyes; on my face they are still together.

With you, intimacy colours my voice.even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'.

Loving you was like going to war I never came back the same.

I want to love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.

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.

How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?

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.

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

There is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters.

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.

Dont assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Dont say anything you cant stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.