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"Salt" Quotes

A powerful collection of poetry that explores themes of identity, love, and healing.

Quotes

i don't pay attention to the world ending. it has ended for me many times and began again in the morning.

Nayyirah Waheed

resiliencerebirth

you do not have to be a fire for every mountain blocking you. you could be a water and soft river your way to freedom too.

Nayyirah Waheed

resilienceadaptability

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

self-worthself-acceptance

you broke the ocean in half to be here. only to meet nothing that wants you.

Nayyirah Waheed

rejectionloneliness

i will tell you, my daughter of your worth not your beauty everyday. do not ever let anyone make you feel like you are not enough.

Nayyirah Waheed

self-worthempowerment

expect sadness like you expect rain. both cleanse you.

Nayyirah Waheed

emotionscleansing

i am mine. before i am ever anyone else's.

Nayyirah Waheed

self-identityself-love

you might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.

Nayyirah Waheed

lovesignificance

i am a museum full of art, and a deck full of music, but... you only see me as a souvenir.

Nayyirah Waheed

misunderstandingperception

my mother was my first country; the first place i ever lived.

Nayyirah Waheed

motherhoodfamily