I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESelf Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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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As you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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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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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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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 keep making art out of his mistakes.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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