Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThere 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.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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I know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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