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.
Intimacy blossoms anytime you let down your socially acceptable mask.
Hate crimes impact not just individuals but entire communities. When a family is attacked because of the color of their skin, it's not just the family that feels violated, but every resident of that neighborhood.
But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.
A lot of black women still carry a lot of pain when they see black men with women who aren't black, and that's really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. It has to do with self esteem.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.
Good marriages are built upon a combination of emotional love and a common commitment to a core of beliefs about what is important in life and what we wish to do with our lives. Speaking each other's primary love language creates the emotional climate where these beliefs can be fleshed out in daily life.
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