Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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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 know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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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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