You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThese hands keep a score of everything.
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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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