You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEHeaven is not something you need to die to get to.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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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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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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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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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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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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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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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 only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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