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“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.”
― Warsan Shire

“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
― Warsan Shire

“two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World