Nhlanhla

“Being exceptional isn’t revolutionary, it’s lonely. It separates you from your community. Who are you, really, without community? I have been held up consistently as a token, as the “right” kind of trans woman (educated, able-bodied, attractive, articulate, heteronormative). It promotes the delusion that because I “made it,” that level of success is easily accessible to all young trans women. Let’s be clear: It is not.”
― Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

“expect sadness
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.”
― Nayyirah Waheed

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

“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.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.