The Flag of Childhood Quotes

“I’m the sea, I’m not afraid of the storm. The sea’s dream is always turbulence. If I don’t have waves and storms, I won’t be the sea anymore. I’ll be the pond— and stinking.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East

“Poetry, the most intimate form of expression, gives us a deeper sense of reality than headlines and news stories ever could.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East

“But we love you,” my parents said. “We love you very much.” I know, but they loved me as a girl. The boy within me was stuck with me. Not till much later did I find out that the boy within was really a girl.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East