Women like me bleed on command.
SUMAYA ENYEGUELove is more thicker than forget.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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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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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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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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