Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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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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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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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 feminine urge to stay safe.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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