I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEShe spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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Do girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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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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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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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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