I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE
This body belongs to all those who live in it.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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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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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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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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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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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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We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
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