I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThese hands keep a score of everything.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Love is more thicker than forget.
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