You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThe feminine urge to stay safe.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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There is a girl on fire a woman choking a body walking into the ocean and they all have my face. They all have my heart because I give that away so easily.
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Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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