Quotes by Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

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You are her mother.Why did you not warn her,hold her like a rotting boatand tell her that men will not love herif she is — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Sometimes it feels like someone else is wearing my body. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Later that night she picked the polish offwith her front teeth until the bed you sharedfor seven years seemed speckled w — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
[…] but she cannot make him eat, like you. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
No one leaves home unless homes is the mouth of a shark. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Did you tell people that songs weren’t the same as a warm body, a soft mouth? — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. — Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth