We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEDid our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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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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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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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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