Warsan Shire, from “Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle”, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
“If you have to beg someone to be in your life, they don’t deserve to be there.”— Mandy Hale
“You don’t find your worth in someone. You find your worth within yourself and then find someone who’s worthy of you. Remember that.”— Unknown
Ocean Vuong, from “Dear Peter”, Time Is a Mother
- Mahmoud Darwish from ’Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut c. 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi)