Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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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.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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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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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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