"There is no intimacy like that between two……" — Warsan Shire
"There is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters."
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34 Quotes by Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire has 34 quotes on this site.
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Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest…
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It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable…
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At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never…
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I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore…
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Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people…
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Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to…
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I know a few things to be true. I do not know where I am going, where I have come…
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Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast…
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I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I can’t afford…
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Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes…
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Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.
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Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy
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