Shazieh Ahmed
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“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
―

“People have told me that a wolf looks right through you. But you know what I realize? That's because a wolf isn't interested in you. It's always hard for humans to accept that we're not the most important thing anyone's ever seen.”
― Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
― Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

“Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook

“As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them”
― Snow
― Snow

“If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
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