--- title: "1 Fleeing Quotes By Warsan Shire" description: "1 Fleeing quotes by Warsan Shire. Plus more from Warsan Shire and more Fleeing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg" --- > [“ HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-the-mouth-of-a-shark-you-only/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg) ## Other authors on Fleeing ## More by Warsan Shire > [You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/you-are-terrifying-and-strange-and-beautiful-something-not-everyone/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“the year of letting go, of understanding loss. grace. of the word ‘no’ and also being able to say ‘you are not kind’. the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/the-year-of-letting-go-of-understanding-loss-grace-of-the-word-no-and/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/how-far-have-you-walked-for-men-who-ve-never-held-your-feet-in-their/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [And you tried to change, didnt you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake¦ You cant make homes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/and-you-tried-to-change-didnt-you-closed-your-mouth-more-tried-to-be/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-m-overwhelmed-my-biggest-downfall-is-my-brightest-blessing-i-feel/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/you-were-like-an-ulcer-on-the-inside-of-my-cheek-that-my-tongue-could/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/essentially-if-our-secrets-are-secrets-because-we-are-told-to-be/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/document-the-moments-you-feel-most-in-love-with-yourself-what-you-re/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/loving-you-was-like-going-to-war-i-never-came-back-the-same/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/every-mouth-you-ve-ever-kissed-was-just-practice-all-the-bodies-you/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/my-alone-feels-so-good-i-ll-only-have-you-if-you-re-sweeter-than-my/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“i give myself five days to forget you. on the first day i rust. on the second i wilt. on the third day i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-give-myself-five-days-to-forget-you-on-the-first-day-i-rust-on-the/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/mother-says-there-are-locked-rooms-inside-all-women-kitchen-of-love/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/perhaps-the-problem-is-not-the-intensity-of-your-love-but-the-quality/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) > [“I did not beg him to stay because I was begging God that he would not leave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/i-did-not-beg-him-to-stay-because-i-was-begging-god-that-he-would-not/) [Warsan Shire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warsan-shire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fleeing/warsan-shire/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fleeing Quotes By Warsan Shire", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy you went to school with who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory is holding a gun bigger than his body you only leave home when home won’t let you stay. no one leaves home unless home chases you fire under feet hot blood in your belly it’s not something you ever thought of doing until the blade burnt threats into your neck and even then you carried the anthem under your breath only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets sobbing as each mouthful of paper made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back. you have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land no one burns their palms under trains beneath carriages no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled means something more than journey. no one crawls under fences no one wants to be beaten pitied no one chooses refugee camps or strip searches where your body is left aching or prison, because prison is safer than a city of fire and one prison guard in the night is better than a truckload of men who look like your father no one could take it no one could stomach it no one skin would be tough enough the go home blacks refugees dirty immigrants asylum seekers sucking our country dry niggers with their hands out they smell strange savage messed up their country and now they want to mess ours up how do the words the dirty looks roll off your backs maybe because the blow is softer than a limb torn off or the words are more tender than fourteen men between your legs or the insults are easier to swallow than rubble than bone than your child body in pieces. i want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark home is the barrel of the gun and no one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore unless home told you to quicken your legs leave your clothes behind crawl through the desert wade through the oceans drown save be hunger beg forget pride your survival is more important no one leaves home until home is a sweaty voice in your ear saying- leave, run away from me now i dont know what i’ve become but i know that anywhere is safer than here”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Warsan Shire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warsan-shire/home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-the-mouth-of-a-shark-you-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the…” — Warsan Shire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fleeing/warsan-shire/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fleeing/warsan-shire/", "name": "Fleeing Quotes by Warsan Shire", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fleeing/warsan-shire/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/warsan-shire-7647_asylum_home-no-one-leaves-home-unless-home-is-t_839186.jpg" }, "description": "1 Fleeing quotes by Warsan Shire. 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