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My favourite people, biggest inspirations and closest friends are all women. Not a coincidence.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 37
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
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Closest
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Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck.
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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
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I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.
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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.
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You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.
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I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes on my face they are still together.
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I belong deeply to myself.
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At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.
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Your mouth is a lonely place but I keep coming back.
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We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.
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Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat.
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Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy
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I won't glorify or romanticise heartbreak, for me it was a kind of death and I was forced to keep living.
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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.
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Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.
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Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
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Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.
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I tend to the wound so often, it never heals.
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