I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didnt want to be either one. Suheir Hammad More Quotes by Suheir Hammad More Quotes From Suheir Hammad I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death. Suheir Hammad dance inspirational death The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this. Suheir Hammad rome machines imagination Writing must always have intention because words have power. Suheir Hammad intention power writing I've read too many books to believe what I am told. Suheir Hammad believe book I do not know how bad a life has to break in order to kill. Suheir Hammad gun broken order I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world. Suheir Hammad feminism world thinking War and tooth enameled salted lemon childhoods All colors run, none of us solid Don't look for shadow behind me I carry it within I live cycles of light and darkness Suheir Hammad light running war Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded. Suheir Hammad do-not-fear motivation inspiration Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath. Suheir Hammad breaths war I understand now my father really thought he was doing me good. Education means a lot to Palestinians. We’ve become some of the most educated people in the world through our diaspora. We’ve had to be. When you ain’t got land, your degree may be your only solid ground. May father felt (feels) that being a doctor would give me security. How can I explain that I’m not safe from anything if I don’t write? Suheir Hammad writing mean father I will not dance to your war drum! Suheir Hammad war Life is a right, not collateral or casual. Suheir Hammad collateral casual life-is i cried when i saw those buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart. Suheir Hammad saws broken heart I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent. Suheir Hammad i-am man independence my-own
