Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThe 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.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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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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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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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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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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