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

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Hurt
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Persons
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