She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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There is a girl on fire a woman choking a body walking into the ocean and they all have my face. They all have my heart because I give that away so easily.
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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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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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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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