CallMeSara

“africa does not need your tears. or your prayers. or your money. or your t-shirts. or your telethons. or your hands ever so lovingly placed on her buttocks. your mouth at her breasts. your fists in her eyes. she wants you to stop pissing in her face and calling it water.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“when you are struggling in your writing (art). it usually means you are hearing one thing. but writing (creating) another. – honest | risk”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“the thing you are most afraid to write. write that. – advice to young writers”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“i am a soft revolution. the one whose hair is bleeding.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, nejma