Warsan Shire

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

— Warsan Shire

“the year of letting go, of understanding loss. grace. of the word ‘no’ and also being able to say ‘you are not…

— Warsan Shire

How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?

— Warsan Shire

And you tried to change, didnt you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake¦ You cant…

— 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…

— Warsan Shire

“you were like an ulcer on the inside of my cheek that my tongue could not stop touching. loving you was like…

— Warsan Shire

Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame…

— 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…

— Warsan Shire

“Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.”

— 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…

— Warsan Shire

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

— Warsan Shire

“i give myself five days to forget you. on the first day i rust. on the second i wilt. on the third…

— Warsan Shire

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they…

— Warsan Shire

Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.

— Warsan Shire

“I did not beg him to stay because I was begging God that he would not leave.”

— Warsan Shire

“i learn urgently the architecture of loss then find you again.”

— Warsan Shire

My favourite people, biggest inspirations and closest friends are all women. Not a coincidence.

— Warsan Shire

“You tried to change didn’t you? closed your mouth more tried to be softer prettier less volatile, less awake but even when…

— Warsan Shire

“you must wear it like she wears disappointment on her face you must hide the surprise of tasting other men on your…

— Warsan Shire

My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth.

— Warsan Shire

Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a…

— Warsan Shire

“ HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you…

— Warsan Shire

We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.

— Warsan Shire

I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are still together.

— Warsan Shire

“You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.”

— Warsan Shire