Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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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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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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