We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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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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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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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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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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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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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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Love is more thicker than forget.
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