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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) QUOTES

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) QUOTES

1 " You have your duty and your heart. To chose one means the other must suffer. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

2 " You crushed us to build your monarchy on the backs of our blood and bone. Your mistake wasn't keeping us alive. it was thinking we'd never fight back "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

3 " The truth cuts like the sharpest knife I've ever known. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

4 " Your ignorance will be your downfall. Magic or not, we won't give up. Magic or not, we will take back what's ours! "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

5 " Children of Blood and Bone was written during a time where I kept turning on the news and seeing stories of unarmed black men, women, and children being shot by the police. I felt afraid and angry and helpless, but this book was the one thing that made me feel like I could do something about it. I told myself that if just one person could read it and have their hearts or minds changed, then I would've done something meaningful against a problem that often feels so much bigger than myself. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

6 " Courage does not always roar. Valor does not always shine. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

7 " As it fades, I see the truth - in plain sight, yet hidden all along. We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue. This truth holds me close, rocking me like a child in a mother's arms. It binds me in its love as death swallows me in its grasp. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

8 " Good hearts don't leave scars like that. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

9 " I release the throwing knife as something I can't place deflates in my chest. It sinks like disappointment.

It breathes like relief. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

10 " Power is not the answer. It will only intensify the fight. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

11 " We can always do something to fight back.
We have the power to change the evils in the world.
We’ve been knocked down for far too long.
Now let’s rise. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

12 " Your people, your guards – they’re nothing more than killers, rapists, and thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

13 " You don’t have to be afraid—"
"I am always afraid!"
I don’t know what shocks me more—the power in my voice or the words themselves.
Afraid.
I am always afraid.
It’s a truth I locked away years ago, a fact I fought hard to overcome. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

14 " Love is too strong, too intense, for what I feel. For what I am allowed to feel. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

15 " Count to ten," I whisper to myself. "Count. To. Ten." Becuase when I finish counting, this horror shall end. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

16 " I rest my forehead against hers, and we sit in a comfortable silence, translating our love through touch. The Princess and the Warrior, I decide in my head. When they tell the story of tomorrow, that is what they shall call it. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

17 " Those are Father's words, Inan. His decisions. Not yours. We are our own people. We make our own choices. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

18 " Even in the darkest times the gods are always there. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

19 " Mama used to say that in the beginning, white hair was a sign of the powers of heaven and earth. It held beauty and virtue and love, it meant we were blessed by the gods above. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

20 " I didn't know it was possible to fit so perfectly inside someone else's arms. "

― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)