I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart e….

Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being sad or struggling or t….

Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I don’t mind tas….

Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, eve….

And you tried to change, didn't you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake... You can't make homes out of h….

When I love, I love: wholly, thoroughly, completely, drowning in everything. Every glance can be a conversation, eyes just playing and saying what ne….

Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving..

Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. ….

The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone wants to call it.….

I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore and I’m not sad anymore. You want me to be a tragic ba….

Not everyone is okay with living like an open wound. But the thing about open wounds is that, well, you aren't ignoring it. You're healing; the fresh….

Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel..

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you're wearing, who you're around, what you're doing. Recreate and repeat..

We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there..

The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do..

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love..

With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'..

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude..

Why do you live in your body like you will be given another? As if it were temporary. You starve it, you let anyone touch it, you berate it. Tell it ….

Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes..

Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy.