All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThe only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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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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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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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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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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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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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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