So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWhen will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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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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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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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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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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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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