Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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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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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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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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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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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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