Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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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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