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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty QUOTES

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty QUOTES

1 " As she spread mayonnaise on the slices of bread and slid them into the sizzling rosemary butter, something tight eased up a little in Feyi's chest. She was alone, just with herself, remembering the creeping peace of putting something together on a flame, the sounds of bread turning gold, the rhythm of grating Gruyere cheese and layering it, then watching it soften and melt. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

2 " It looked like a dream. She couldn't even see the house from the gate, just a long driveway lined with trees filled with pink and white flowers, hummingbirds darting through the air, monkeys peering between the leaves, and the sun washing gold over everything. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

3 " Nasir made a plate of food for her, heaping bright green rice next to a red spill of the curried goat, layering slices of breadfruit by the edge of her plate. Feyi thanked them both awkwardly, then ate in blissful silence as flavors unfurled in her mouth, Joy would kill to be here. Feyi tried to remember everything so she could describe it to her best friend later, the way the breadfruit melted in her mouth, how easily the curried goat dripped off its bone, how fragrant the rice was. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

4 " As they walked home, Feyi let herself imagine the trip with Nasir, a version of it that was easy and perfect. The two of them swimming in the ocean, salt in their hair, sand on their skin as they lay out in the sun. Mangoes falling apart in their hands, the wet color of a sunset, the road up the mountain blanketed in green. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

5 " Guava-stuffed chicken with caramelized mango and a spicy mango mojito sauce. Alim had ruined mango for her, but every time Feyi remembered how shocked and open his face looked with desire, she wasn't sure she minded. There was a lemongrass-and-pineapple-glazed pork belly with Zanzibari spiced octopus, grilled jerk watermelon with couscous and a basil oil, and finally, a banana cream parfait with coconut shortbread alongside broiled pineapple with macadamia toffee, drizzled with rum caramel. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

6 " The space was sprawling, marked by a platform king bed in the center, canopied with gossamer curtains. The entire outside wall was glass, looking out into a landscaped garden exploding with flowers, birds, and butterflies. A small stream sang through the garden, rippling over stones. Feyi walked over to the bed and ran her hands over the flax linen sheets, her fingernails golden against the olive green. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

7 " The room hushed as Alim introduced the first course, and everyone cooed over their plates---fresh oysters in a pool of black squid ink bouillon, served on stark-white china with a sliver of pickled onion and a bright strip of shaved Scotch bonnet on top. There was a dash of black bouillon inside the oyster shell and a rocket flower on the side, delicate and white. Feyi sipped at the accompanying drink, an expensive champagne with pomegranate seeds in it. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

8 " Everyone had always told Feyi growing up that she should stay away from bright colors, that they would be too garish against her dark skin, so it was a delight to stop listening to all of them, to lean into pastels and neons and metallics, rainbows cascading down her back. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

9 " Whew! You look like butter!"
Feyi laughed as she swiped toner over her skin and patted in a serum. "I look like butter? That's the line you're going with?"
"Mm-hmm. All that gold and yellow." He leaned toward her, his voice drawling into a singsong. "You look like ghee and honey, baby, you look like money. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

10 " For a moment, there was the scream of tires and the mad chime of broken glass, the soft petals of white lilies, and a clod of dirt breaking apart in Feyi’s hand, but she brushed it all aside like smoke. “Single,” she’d said in return, stepping right into his personal space. He smelled of rain and bergamot. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

11 " And that’s something I’ve learned in the years since, that there are so many different types of love, so many ways someone can stay committed to you, stay in your life even if y’all aren’t together, you know? "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

12 " Emezi revealed the title for You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty was inspired by the song “Hunger” by Florence + The Machine, stating that listening to the band “stitched me together when my spirit was pulling itself apart. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

13 " with Us After We Collided Beautiful Bastard Wallbanger Beautiful Oblivion "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

14 " Riis Beach, "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

15 " You always fall for the impossible, Jonah used to tell her. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

16 " And that’s something I’ve learned in the years since, that there are so many different types of love, so many ways someone can stay committed to you, stay in your life even if y’all aren’t together, you know? And none of these ways are more important than the other. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

17 " He loved people being messy as fuck—he said it was one of the best things about being human, how we could make such disasters and recover from them enough to make them into stories later. "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

18 " You feel like the first time in a long time I can even wonder about a possibility of not feeling alone "

― Akwaeke Emezi , You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty