With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'. Warsan Shire More Quotes by Warsan Shire More Quotes From Warsan Shire My favourite people, biggest inspirations and closest friends are all women. Not a coincidence. Warsan Shire coincidenceinspirationpeople My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth. Warsan Shire flowermouthsheart I want to love, but my hair smells of war and running and running. Warsan Shire smellrunningwar 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. Warsan Shire cancerapathywar 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. Warsan Shire perfectly-normalsoundthinking I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I can’t afford to forget. Warsan Shire airportslanguageforget
