I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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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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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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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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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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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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