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