Nayyirah Waheed

"You will find your way. It is in the same place as your love."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"You not wanting me was the beginning of me wanting myself thank you."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"There is you and you. This is a relationship. This is the most important relationship."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"I am mine before I am anyone else’s."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"And I said to my body, softy: I want to be your friend. It took a long breath, and replied: I have been waiting my whole life for this."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"And I said to my body, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath. And replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"And I said to my body, softly, “I want to be your friend.” It took a long breath and replied, “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this.”"

- Nayyirah Waheed

"It is being honest about my pain that makes me invincible."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"You are your own standard of beauty."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"You not wanting me was the beginning of me wanting myself thank you"

- Nayyirah Waheed

"And I said to my body, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath. And replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.’"

- Nayyirah Waheed