84 Quotes by Warsan Shire

all those nights with the phone warming the side of my face like the sun.

You can’t make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave then let him leave. You are terrifying and strange and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.

Why can't you see me? Everyone else can.

I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.

The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do.

Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.

Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel.

Boys are haram; don't ever forget that