All Warsan Shire Quotes
- Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. Become Strangers
- It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me. Alive
- At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before. Been
- I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore and I’m not sad anymore.… Always Find
- Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel. Advice
- Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe.… Ache
- I know a few things to be true. I do not know where I am going, where I have come from is disappearing, I am… Beauty
- Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the… All
- I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I can’t afford to forget. Afford
- There is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters. Chosen
- Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me… Allow
- Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving. Complicated Love
- Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy Attracts
- Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch… Anyone
- The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone… Beautiful
- My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth. Blossoming
- We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there. Care
- Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys,… All
- Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing. Been
- Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat. Document