Rina

“you ask your heart why it is always hurting. it says ‘this is the only thing you will allow me to say to you. the only feeling you are willing to feel.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“i learned shukran. (thank you) first. shukran. (thank you) for this meal. shukran. (thank you) for making this for me. shukran. for everything. and in the midst of all of this. gratitude. la. (no) was lost. before. i ever found it. — the blunt force of gratitude”
― Nayyirah Waheed, nejma

“you see your face. you see a flaw. how. if you are the only one who has this face. – the beauty construct”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“sit in the ocean. it is one of the best medicines on the planet. – the water”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.