Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThis body belongs to all those who live in it.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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It is terrifying to wonder whether that person you love is a walking red flag or a white flag of surrender dipped in your own blood.
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The last person I adored made me cry and then tenderly wiped the tears off my face. It was the only lesson that taught me; you can love someone and still do horrible, cruel things to them.
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