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> [“There is life here. Anyone reading this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it will shine from the eyes of those who look for peace and justice after the rubble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/there-is-life-here-anyone-reading-this-is-breathing-maybe-hurting-but/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

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## More by Suheir Hammad

> [Life is a right, not collateral or casual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/life-is-a-right-not-collateral-or-casual/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [“What I Will by Suheir Hammad I will not dance to your war drum. I will not lend my soul nor my bones to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/what-i-will-by-suheir-hammad-i-will-not-dance-to-your-war-drum-i-will/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/war-and-tooth-enameled-salted-lemon-childhoods-all-colors-run-none-of/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [“a woman will tell you every home she has ever inhabited has been broken into starting with her body”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/a-woman-will-tell-you-every-home-she-has-ever-inhabited-has-been/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I will not dance to your war drum!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-will-not-dance-to-your-war-drum/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I've read too many books to believe what I am told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-ve-read-too-many-books-to-believe-what-i-am-told/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [“darkest before the dawn. it will get darker. be light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/darkest-before-the-dawn-it-will-get-darker-be-light/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [“There is life here. Anyone reading this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/there-is-life-here-anyone-reading-this-is-breathing-maybe-hurting-but/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-think-of-feminism-as-a-socially-just-and-imaginative-world/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-am-so-old-fashioned-i-ve-never-lived-with-a-man-i-am-completely/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [“... in the world, it will be women, mostly colored and poor. women will have to bury children, and support themselves through grief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/in-the-world-it-will-be-women-mostly-colored-and-poor-women-will-have/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [Writing must always have intention because words have power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/writing-must-always-have-intention-because-words-have-power/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-understand-now-my-father-really-thought-he-was-doing-me-good/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [I do not know how bad a life has to break in order to kill. I have never been so hungry that I willed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/i-do-not-know-how-bad-a-life-has-to-break-in-order-to-kill-i-have/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

> [The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suheir-hammad/the-machine-will-grind-you-down-but-the-machine-is-not-bigger-than/)

[Suheir Hammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suheir-hammad/)

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