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> [“Before I left home I cut my hair close to my scalp so I could be a free woman with free thoughts, open to all possibilities. I was making a map of the world. In ancient times maps were made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shay-youngblood/before-i-left-home-i-cut-my-hair-close-to-my-scalp-so-i-could-be-a/)

Shay Youngblood

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## More by Shay Youngblood

> [“There was power in the pen, I knew this for certain...It was there all the time, just waiting for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shay-youngblood/there-was-power-in-the-pen-i-knew-this-for-certain-it-was-there-all/)

Shay Youngblood

> [“I was a woman and did not yet think of myself as a writer. I was a mapmaker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shay-youngblood/i-was-a-woman-and-did-not-yet-think-of-myself-as-a-writer-i-was-a/)

Shay Youngblood

> [“Before I left home I cut my hair close to my scalp so I could be a free woman with free thoughts, open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shay-youngblood/before-i-left-home-i-cut-my-hair-close-to-my-scalp-so-i-could-be-a/)

Shay Youngblood

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