Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEDo girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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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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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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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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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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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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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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