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.
SUMAYA ENYEGUECan we just pretend we are wanted?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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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 am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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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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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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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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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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