How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?
- Warsan Shire
More Quotes By Warsan Shire
- Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and...
- The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be...
- Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and...
- And you tried to change, didn’t you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile,...
- Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to...
- Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary....
- Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what...
- My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.
- Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them....
- It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about...
- Make peace with your body, it’s not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
- I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah,...
- Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open wounds is that,...
- Don’t assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don’t say anything you can’t stand behind fully. Have integrity....
- Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy....
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