All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEIts okay if all you did this year was survive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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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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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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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 look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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