“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
"At the end of the day, it isn't where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I'm going and never have been before."
- Warsan Shire
Hope
"Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat."
- Warsan Shire
Self-awareness
"My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude."
- Warsan Shire
Self-awareness
"I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself."
- Warsan Shire
Self-awareness
"Light attracts light."
- Warsan Shire
Inspiration
"Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others."
- Nathaniel Branden
Self-esteem
"Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality."
- Les Brown
Self-esteem
"You are your best thing."
- Toni Morrison
Self-esteem
"Thinking you’re no-good and worthless is the worst thing you can do."
- Nobito
Self-esteem
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-esteem