Bri

“you will drown if you do not have boundaries. they are not optional. this structure counts on your inability to say no. mean no. they take no from our first breath. go back and return it to your mouth. your heart. your light. – swim | women of color”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“you are not a mistake. you are too many exquisite details to be a mistake.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“you can not remain a war between what you want to say (who you really are). and what you should say (who you pretend to be). your mouth was not designed to eat itself. – split”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“where
you are.
is not
who
you are.
—circumstances”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt