Nayyirah Waheed

“healing begins the moment you want it to”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“i am trying to remember you and let you go at the same time. — the mourn”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“to be waterdrugged into rejecting the nuances of my own bursting extraordinary self. and to have this be called education.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“i am writing my way back to you.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“fell apart many times. so. what does that say about me besides i live through wars.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“a friend. is someone who supports your breath.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“stay is a sensitive word. we wear who stayed and who left in our skin forever”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret)…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“bleed every month. but do not die. how am i not magic. – the lie”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“i knew you before i met you. i’ve known you my whole life.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“sometimes the beauty of my people is so thick and intricate. i spend days trying to undo my eyes so i can…

— nayyirah waheed

“the truth is you were born for you. you were wanted by you. you came for you. you are here for you.…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“i found flaws and they were beautiful. – ugly”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“the sun cleanses itself. i cleanse myself. for both of us. it is morning. — wudū”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“white people try to take blackness. pour it out rub it into their skin and wear us like they know what we…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“Even if you are a small forest surviving off of moon alone, your light is extraordinary.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“Desire is the kind of thing that eats you and leaves you starving.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“if a man can only show vulnerability for what is between my legs. can only be a heart during sex. if an…

— Nayyirah Waheed

“i am mine. before i am ever anyone else's.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“it is being honest about my pain that makes me invincible.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to a life.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“there is no healthier drug than creativity.”

— Nayyirah Waheed