“The cartoonist’s task is not so much to be balanced as to give balance, particularly in situations of disproportionate power relationships such as we see in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” GivingSituationBalanceConflictTasksBalancedPalestinianIsraeliCartoonistIsraeli Palestinian ConflictPower Relationships Author:Michael Leunig
“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” BeautifulPurposeExistenceResponsibilityAliveFeminismDesirableFind MeShire Author:Warsan Shire
“At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.” Has BeensEndsHomeThe End Of The DayShire Author:Warsan Shire
“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are still together.” StillsEyeTogetherFacesMotherFatherMouthsShire Author:Warsan Shire
“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 backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated, so that people can say ‘Wow, isn't he so terribly brave to love a girl who is so obviously sad?’ You think I’ll be the dark sky so you can be the star? I’ll swallow you whole.” PeopleThinkingWantWholeGirlStarsDarkBoysSkyBraveTragicWowWant MeFind MeYou Want MeBackdropShireDark Sky Author:Warsan Shire
“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.” PeopleFeelsKindAsksBehindsIntegrityAssumingTelling The TruthBe KindSay AnythingHow You FeelShire Author:Warsan Shire
“Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.” PeopleWorldKindLongBodyMovingTimeUniverseSadWoundsPaceWetAcheStagnantUnhappy PeopleMiserable PeopleGift Of Time Author:Warsan Shire
“I know a few things to be true. I do not know where I am going, where I have come from is disappearing, I am unwelcome and my beauty is not beauty here. My body is burning with the shame of not belonging, my body is longing.” KnowsBodyShameLongingDisappearBeing TrueBurningBelongingUnwelcomeNot Belonging Author:Warsan Shire
“Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck.” WarCancerNecksBreastsApathyMachetes Author:Warsan Shire
“I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I can’t afford to forget.” I CanLanguageMy OwnForgetHotelAirportsPassports Author:Warsan Shire