Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEBrown girls are not band aids for your pain.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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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 look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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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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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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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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