I keep making art out of his mistakes.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEBlack don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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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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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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