You can't make homes out of human beings.
Interpretation
People cannot be expected to fulfill all emotional needs or be treated as possessions.
This quote by Warsan Shire highlights the inadequacy of relying on others to complete us or provide a sense of belonging. It suggests that we should not treat individuals as mere tools for our emotional satisfaction, as this can lead to unhealthy relationships and emotional turmoil.
In practice
In a workshop on healthy relationships, one might quote this to emphasize the need for personal fulfillment.
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.
We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.
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.
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 tasting them in the memory of your mouth. _x000D_ Was it a long journey? Did it take you long to find me? _x000D_ You’re here now, welcome home.
Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.
The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States.
I don't want anyone to walk through the world feeling invisible ever again.
When two people are together, they are not two but six: what each one is, what each one thinks he or she is, and what each one thinks the other is. And what is true for people is also true for countries and organisations.
Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?" "Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione. "Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.
We might have to broaden our scope of how we think about where women are vulnerable, because different things make different women vulnerable.
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