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Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air QUOTES

Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air QUOTES

1 " never forgetting to
return to that place
in time, holding the
hands of his own kind

This is Where
The Story of You
Began "

― Afeefah Khazi-Syed , Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

2 " you give up on trying to make it perfect
on trying to weave each strand seamlessly into the next

you can’t braid layered hair without the fringes sticking out "

― Ayse Guvenilir , Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

3 " I haven't seen you in a while,
but today I was told you prayed for me.

And I prayed for the olive oil
when it slipped
from your hands
onto my scalp,
aching strands of hair
in the drought of being without you. "

― Afeefah Khazi-Syed , Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air