I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEShame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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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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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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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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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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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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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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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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