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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: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
People
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I think in Somali, I cuss in Somali, when I'm afraid I reach for somali and this language is very rich, very filling. It's an unflinching language the crudest most terrible things sound perfectly normal in Somali.
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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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Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.
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When I love, I love: wholly, thoroughly, completely, drowning in everything. Every glance can be a conversation, eyes just playing and saying what needs to be said. Silence is loud, and the air becomes heavy. I want you. I want all of you.
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To my daughter I will say, ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire.’
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Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.
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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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You can't make homes out of human beings.
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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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We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.
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Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I don’t mind tasting them in the memory of your mouth. Was it a long journey? Did it take you long to find me? You’re here now, welcome home.
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Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.
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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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It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
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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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I want to love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.
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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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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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