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title: "2 How to love Quotes By Warsan Shire"
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> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/warsan-shire-7647_beautiful_you-are-terrifying-and-strange-and-beaut_13062.jpg)

> [And you tried to change, didnt you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake¦ You cant make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/warsan-shire-7647_awake_and-you-tried-to-change-didnt-you-closed_120044.jpg)

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## 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/)

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