“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“Desire is the kind of thing that eats you and leaves you starving.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“islam. is still in my life. we are old soulmates. who could not work out the knots against skin. who could not… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“the first time the caregiver saw it on the child. they said ‘no. don’t you dare. you will not grow up thinking… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“my english is broken. on purpose. you have to try harder to understand me. breaking this language you so love is my… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“i am trying to remember you and let you go at the same time. — the mourn” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“to be waterdrugged into rejecting the nuances of my own bursting extraordinary self. and to have this be called education.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be five mins.… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“fell apart many times. so. what does that say about me besides i live through wars.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“stay is a sensitive word. we wear who stayed and who left in our skin forever” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret) does nor… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“bleed every month. but do not die. how am i not magic. – the lie” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
