You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWhen a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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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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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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Women like me bleed on command.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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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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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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