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> [Home is in my hair, my lips, my arms, my thighs, my feet and my hands. I am my own home. And when I wake up crying in the morning, thinking of how lonely I am, I pinch my skin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/home-is-in-my-hair-my-lips-my-arms-my-thighs-my-feet-and-my-hands-i/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

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## More by Diriye Osman

> [Home is in my hair, my lips, my arms, my thighs, my feet and my hands. I am my own home. And when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/home-is-in-my-hair-my-lips-my-arms-my-thighs-my-feet-and-my-hands-i/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. The magic of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/in-those-sticky-summer-nights-in-south-london-our-windows-stay-open/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“He carries home in the way he walks: an elegant, loose strut. He wears home on his skin in the form of attar, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/he-carries-home-in-the-way-he-walks-an-elegant-loose-strut-he-wears/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“Even Story Time was political. Miss Mumbi infused each fairytale with Kenyan flavour. She illustrated these remixes on the blackboard. 'Rapunzel' became 'Rehema,' a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/even-story-time-was-political-miss-mumbi-infused-each-fairytale-with/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [The only seed that needs regular watering is our imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/the-only-seed-that-needs-regular-watering-is-our-imagination/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“i have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I, a black African Muslim lesbian, am not included in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/i-have-been-told-many-times-by-family-friends-colleagues-and/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [If dislocation is a permanent state, I want to try and explore the possibility of temporary impermanence. If dislocation is a tatty dress from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/if-dislocation-is-a-permanent-state-i-want-to-try-and-explore-the/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“You may feel like your future is slipping from your grasp, that if you don’t rush now to greet your dreams you might lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/you-may-feel-like-your-future-is-slipping-from-your-grasp-that-if-you/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [Daughter, I want you to form the most intense, loving relationship with yourself. Only then will you realize your capacity for kindness and emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/daughter-i-want-you-to-form-the-most-intense-loving-relationship-with/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“Every experience lately felt like an experiment of the body, of its power and limitations. Such experiments created a desire for something more fulfilling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/every-experience-lately-felt-like-an-experiment-of-the-body-of-its/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“I've always loved being gay. Sure, Kenya was not exactly Queer Nation but my sexuality gave me joy. I was young, not so dumb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/i-ve-always-loved-being-gay-sure-kenya-was-not-exactly-queer-nation/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“Who do I write for? I thought about this again and again over the next few days until the answer crystalized in my consciousness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/who-do-i-write-for-i-thought-about-this-again-and-again-over-the-next/)

[Diriye Osman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diriye-osman/)

> [“The God of Imagination lived in fairytales. And the best fairytales made you fall in love. It was while flicking through "Sleeping Beauty" that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diriye-osman/the-god-of-imagination-lived-in-fairytales-and-the-best-fairytales/)

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