I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEHer body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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