The feminine urge to stay safe.
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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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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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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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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