We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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There is a girl on fire a woman choking a body walking into the ocean and they all have my face. They all have my heart because I give that away so easily.
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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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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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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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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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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