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Warsan Shire Quote: “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 too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.”

51. “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 too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “I hope I’ll always believe in love. Even if love shames me and tries to destroy me, I hope I’ll want to start again.”

52. “I hope I’ll always believe in love. Even if love shames me and tries to destroy me, I hope I’ll want to start again.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Well, I think home spat me out, the blackouts and curfews like tongue against loose tooth. God, do you know how difficult it is, to talk about the day your own city dragged you by the hair, past the old prison, past the school gates, past the burning torsos erected on poles like flags? When I meet others like me I recognise the longing, the missing, the memory of ash on their faces.”

53. “Well, I think home spat me out, the blackouts and curfews like tongue against loose tooth. God, do you know how difficult it is, to talk about the day your own city dragged you by the hair, past the old prison, past the school gates, past the burning torsos erected on poles like flags? When I meet others like me I recognise the longing, the missing, the memory of ash on their faces.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “The summer my cousins return from Nairobi, we sit in a circle by the oak tree in my aunt’s garden. They look older. Amel’s hardened nipples push through the paisley of her blouse, minarets calling men to worship.”

54. “The summer my cousins return from Nairobi, we sit in a circle by the oak tree in my aunt’s garden. They look older. Amel’s hardened nipples push through the paisley of her blouse, minarets calling men to worship.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open wounds is that, well, you aren’t ignoring it. You’re healing; the fresh air can get to it. It’s honest. You aren’t hiding who you are. You aren’t rotting. People can give you advice on how to heal without scarring badly. But on the other hand there are some people who’ll feel uncomfortable around you. Some will even point and laugh. But we all have wounds.”

55. “Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open wounds is that, well, you aren’t ignoring it. You’re healing; the fresh air can get to it. It’s honest. You aren’t hiding who you are. You aren’t rotting. People can give you advice on how to heal without scarring badly. But on the other hand there are some people who’ll feel uncomfortable around you. Some will even point and laugh. But we all have wounds.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Did you tell people that songs weren’t the same as a warm body or a soft mouth? Miriam, I’ve heard people using your songs as prayer, begging god in falsetto. You were a city exiled from skin, your mouth a burning church.”

56. “Did you tell people that songs weren’t the same as a warm body or a soft mouth? Miriam, I’ve heard people using your songs as prayer, begging god in falsetto. You were a city exiled from skin, your mouth a burning church.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “I’ve heard people using your songs as prayer, begging god in falsetto.”

57. “I’ve heard people using your songs as prayer, begging god in falsetto.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Your grandparents often found themselves in dark rooms, mapping out each other’s bodies, claiming whole countries with their mouths.”

58. “Your grandparents often found themselves in dark rooms, mapping out each other’s bodies, claiming whole countries with their mouths.”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Did you tell people that songs weren’t the same as a warm body, a soft mouth?”

59. “Did you tell people that songs weren’t the same as a warm body, a soft mouth?”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Did they know that you were only human?”

60. “Did they know that you were only human?”

— Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire Quote: “Boys are haram; don’t ever forget that.”

61. “Boys are haram; don’t ever forget that.”

— Warsan Shire

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