The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThe feminine urge to stay safe.
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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As you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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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 never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Love is more thicker than forget.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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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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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Do girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
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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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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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