Nayyirah Waheed Quotes

“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship be what it is. it may be five mins. five hours. five days. five months. five years. a lifetime. let it manifest itself, the way it is meant to. it has an organic destiny. this way if it stays or if it leaves, you will be softer from having been loved this authentically. souls come into, return, open, and sweep through your life for a myriad of reasons, let them be who and what they are meant.”

“it is being honest about my painthat makes me invincible.”

“if the ocean can calm itself, so can you.we are both salt water mixed with air.”

“No’ might make them angry but it will make you free.”

“never trust anyone who says they do not see color. this means to them,you are invisible.”

“creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting to live our lives as artists. i’ve carried the shame of being a ‘creative’ since i came to the planet; have been asked to be something different, more, less my whole life. thank spirit, my wisdom is deeper than my shame, and i listened to who i was. i want to say to all the creatives who have been taught to believe who you are is not enough for this world, taught that a life of art will amount to nothing, know that who we are, and what we do is life. when we create, we are creating the world. remember this, and commit.”

“younot wanting mewasthe beginning of mewanting myselfthank you”

“Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.Read it over.Again.Let those words resonate in your mind.”

“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.”

“Desire is the kind of thing thateats youandleaves you starving.”