We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEAlone is the safest I have ever felt.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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There is a girl on fire a woman choking a body walking into the ocean and they all have my face. They all have my heart because I give that away so easily.
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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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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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