The feminine urge to stay safe.
SUMAYA ENYEGUECan we just pretend we are wanted?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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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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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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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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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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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Do girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
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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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As you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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