77 Quotes by Nayyirah Waheed

the rain in this room is low and thickand undressing my heart through the air. – intimacy 

there were timeswhen i needed. no.andit was not there for me.– the third parent

grieve. so that you can be free to feel something else

black women breathe flowers, too.just becausewe are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret)does nor meanwe do not swelter with wild tenderness.we soft swim.we petal.we scent limbs.love.we just have been too long a garden for sharp and deadly teeth.so wehavegrown ourselfvesintogreenhouses.

Some words build houses in your throat. and they live there, content and on fire.

african american women are easy. inferior.africans are dirty. jungle people.african americans are lazy. indolent.african people are too black. ugly.african americans think they are better than us.africans think they are better us.–– listen to the sound of us | we are breaking our mothers heart | the ancestorsweep at how much we look like the hate that came to eat us

it is being honest about my painthat makes me invincible.

i do not want to be liked.i want to be myself.–– fiction

islam. is still in my life.we are old soulmates.who could not work out the knots against skin.who could not believe in each other. while believing in ourselves.who could not make each other happy. without.making each other a sadness.who were born to each other. and never fell in love.butwe still sip tea.share our hands.touch hearts.every now and then.