Children Quote by 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 five mins.…

— 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) does nor…

— 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