I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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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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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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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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As you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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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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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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