Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI am tired of only being loved in theory.
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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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I know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
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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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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