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wholeand QUOTES

1 " she was completely whole
and yet never fully complete "

― Maquita Donyel Irvin , Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

2 " I am she who lifts the mountains
When she goes to hunt,
Who wears mamba for a headband
And a lion for a belt.
Beware!
I swallow elephants whole
And pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns,
I drink up rivers to get at the hippos.
Let them hear my words!
Nhamo is coming
And her hunger is great.

I am she who tosses trees
Instead of spears.
The ostrich is my pillow
And the elephant is my footstool!
I am Nhamo
Who makes the river my highway
And sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds! "

― Nancy Farmer , A Girl Named Disaster

3 " We ache with the yearning
that turns half into whole
and offer no excuses
for the beauty of our souls. "

― Aberjhani , Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World

4 " I love that about us
how capable we are of feeling
how unafraid we are of breaking
and tend to our wounds with grace
just being a woman
calling myself
a woman
makes me utterly whole
and complete "

― Rupi Kaur , Milk and Honey