Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWomen like me bleed on command.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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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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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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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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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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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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 not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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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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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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