So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEBrown girls are not band aids for your pain.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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Love is more thicker than forget.
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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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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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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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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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