Women like me bleed on command.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Love is more thicker than forget.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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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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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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