We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESelf Love is just me loving you in reverse.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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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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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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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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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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