Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWe romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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The last person I adored made me cry and then tenderly wiped the tears off my face. It was the only lesson that taught me; you can love someone and still do horrible, cruel things to them.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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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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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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