“there have been so many timesi have seen a man wanting to weepbut insteadbeat his heart until it was unconscious.”
– Nayyirah Waheed
“it is being honest about my painthat makes me invincible.”
– Nayyirah Waheed
“poetry.is the fire leaving my body.”
Nayyirah Waheed – Salt
“younot wanting mewasthe beginning of mewanting myselfthank you”
– Nayyirah Waheed
“eyes that commit. that is what I am looking for.”
Nayyirah Waheed – Salt
“never trust anyone who says they do not see color. this means to them,you are invisible.”
– Nayyirah Waheed
“if we must both be right.we will lose each other.”
– Nayyirah Waheed
“my heart is in my mind. i think this is why i am an artist”
Nayyirah Waheed – Salt
“my mother gave me islam.my father gave me the god of absence.and here i am.a religion made of myself.”
Nayyirah Waheed – Nejma