Can we just pretend we are wanted?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEIf home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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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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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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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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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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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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