• the old life. is an old life. one you have already lived. one you do not have to keep living. you are too wondrous. for one life.
• your heart has loved you from the beginning.
• with the right people. a year is a lifetime. find the people who want to live lives with you.
• feel it. the thing that you don't want to feel. feel it. and be free.
• i love listening. it is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time.
• there is the kind of kindness. that opens you. without touching your doors.
• and i said to my body. softly. 'i want to be your friend.' it took a long breath. and replied 'i have been waiting my whole life for this.’
• do not worry. everyone's working through some old war. large or small. everyone has a scar somewhere.
• do not disrespect your heart. by hearing what it needs. and giving it the opposite.
• you see your face. you see a flaw. how. if you are the only one who has this face.
• i wish you kindness. simply and for no other reason. but because you deserve it.

- nayyirah waheed