Our parents are the last generation to be innocent.

Our parents are the last generation to be innocent. No, they are the last generation that facilitated patriarchy and glorified abuse.

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I love poems that calm the monsters inside you

I love poems that make the monsters inside me feel human, more human.

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Life is a phagocyte, and you are destined to be eaten.

Life is a walking grave, honey. It’s constantly engulfing you, bit by bit. Life is a phagocyte, and you are destined to be eaten.

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The biggest tragedy that can happen is being born in a world already dead.

The biggest tragedy that can happen to anyone is being born. The biggest tragedy that can happen to a woman is being born alive.

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You must live before you die.

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A listening ear has a talking mouth as well — Sadia Hakim

Not everyone who listens deserves to hear your story. A listening ear has a talking mouth as well.

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Don’t credit my pain for my resilience and strength

Don’t credit my wounds, wars, and scars for the strength I had to build to stand life.
— Sadia Hakim | Quote Bites

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There is no hunger in my soul, no void in my lineage, no ancestral calling that says

I would rather walk alone than rub shoulders with people of no core at all — for solitude is far more fulfilling than the presence of the hollow.

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There is a heart inside you, and it wants to be seen

There’s a heart inside you, and it wants to be seen, lived, loved, felt, understood, and taken care of.

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