Suheir Hammad > Quotes

“Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatardiva

“War and tooth enameled
salted lemon childhoods
All colors run, none of us solid
Don't look for shadow behind me
I carry it within
I live cycles of light and darkness”
― Suheir Hammad

“The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this.”
― Suheir Hammad

“... in the world, it will be women, mostly colored and poor. women will have to bury children, and support themselves through grief.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatardiva

“i cried when i saw those
buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatardiva

“one more person ask me if i knew the hijackers.
one more motherfucker ask me what navy my brother is in.
one more person assume no arabs or muslims were killed. one more person
assume they know me, or that i represent a people.
or that a people represent an evil. or that evil is as simple as a
flag and words on a page.”
― Suheir Hammad, Zaatardiva