Warsan Shire: "My alone feels so good, I’ll only have..."

About Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire (born 1 August 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor, and teacher who was born to Somali parents in Kenya. In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize.

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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.

—Warsan Shire

I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

—Warsan Shire

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Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I'm aloof. Maybe I just want to be alone. Maybe I'm not good at conversation. We all can't be cool and gregarious and 'Hey, bro what up?' like he apparently is. Some of us aren't wired for that.

—Jenn Bennett in Approximately

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We're all in this alone.

—Lily Tomlin

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If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

—George Carlin

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By all means use some time to be alone.

—Edward Young

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Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.

—Richard Yates in Revolutionary Road

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My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

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