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> [“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/black-women-breathe-flowers-too-just-because-we-are-taught-to-grow/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

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> [“white people try to take blackness. pour it out rub it into their skin and wear us like they know what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/white-people-try-to-take-blackness-pour-it-out-rub-it-into-their-skin/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

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> [“have you ever heard a black woman weep over her skinmurdered child. it is the splitting of atoms. it is billions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/have-you-ever-heard-a-black-woman-weep-over-her-skinmurdered-child-it/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

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## Other authors on Blackness

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-sylvia-plath-88486.jpg) Sylvia Plath 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blackness/sylvia-plath/)
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## More by Nayyirah Waheed

> [“healing begins the moment you want it to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/healing-begins-the-moment-you-want-it-to/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“i am trying to remember you and let you go at the same time. — the mourn”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/i-am-trying-to-remember-you-and-let-you-go-at-the-same-time-the-mourn/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/there-are-feelings-you-haven-t-felt-yet-give-them-time-they-are/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“to be waterdrugged into rejecting the nuances of my own bursting extraordinary self. and to have this be called education.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/to-be-waterdrugged-into-rejecting-the-nuances-of-my-own-bursting/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“i am writing my way back to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/i-am-writing-my-way-back-to-you/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be five mins.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/when-you-meet-that-person-a-person-one-of-your-soulmates-let-the/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“fell apart many times. so. what does that say about me besides i live through wars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/fell-apart-many-times-so-what-does-that-say-about-me-besides-i-live/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“a friend. is someone who supports your breath.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/a-friend-is-someone-who-supports-your-breath/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“stay is a sensitive word. we wear who stayed and who left in our skin forever”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/stay-is-a-sensitive-word-we-wear-who-stayed-and-who-left-in-our-skin/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret) does nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/black-women-breathe-flowers-too-just-because-we-are-taught-to-grow/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“bleed every month. but do not die. how am i not magic. – the lie”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/bleed-every-month-but-do-not-die-how-am-i-not-magic-the-lie/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“i knew you before i met you. i’ve known you my whole life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/i-knew-you-before-i-met-you-i-ve-known-you-my-whole-life/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“sometimes the beauty of my people is so thick and intricate. i spend days trying to undo my eyes so i can sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/sometimes-the-beauty-of-my-people-is-so-thick-and-intricate-i-spend/)

[nayyirah waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“the truth is you were born for you. you were wanted by you. you came for you. you are here for you. your existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/the-truth-is-you-were-born-for-you-you-were-wanted-by-you-you-came/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

> [“i found flaws and they were beautiful. – ugly”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayyirah-waheed/i-found-flaws-and-they-were-beautiful-ugly/)

[Nayyirah Waheed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayyirah-waheed/)

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