the worstthing that ever happenedtothe worldwasthe white man coming across gun powder.–– the end of the world | the beginning of white supremacy

as a childthere was eitherbooksorpain.i chose books.-how i became a writer

i am a woman and a poem. – visceral

there is no healthier drug than creativity.

he was so beautiful because when he held her he was not concerned with ‘being a man.’ ‘being a man’ had nothing to do with this. these flowers pouring from his chest. – weightless

the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers

there is you and you.this is a relationship.this is the most important relationship.

healingbeginsthe momentyouwant it to

we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.

the rain in this room is low and thickand undressing my heart through the air. – intimacy

If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?

We take to the breeze, we go as we please.

I drop to the curb like childhood leaving a body.

We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.

You can’t change someone’s behaviour, all you can do is remind them, and hope that Allah will change their heart.

God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night.

As animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die.

I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.

Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years.