The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEShe spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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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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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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