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41 " I begin to realise how far others will go to keep us down. "
― Tomi Adeyemi , Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
42 " I don't know what shocks me more--- the power in my voice or the words themselves "
43 " It doesn't matter how strong I get, how much power my magic wields. They will always hate me in this world. "
44 " Reality and logic don’t matter to her. She needs this so badly, failure isn’t even in the realm of possibilities. "
45 " It avoids rather than hurts, it hurts rather than maims, it maims rather than kills—the staff does not destroy.” “I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war. I give you the strength to fight, but you all must learn the strength of restraint.” Mama turns to me, shoulders pinned back. “You must protect those who can’t defend themselves. That is the way of the staff. "
46 " Fool yourself all you want, little prince, but don’t feign innocence with me. I won’t let your father get away with what he’s done. I won’t let your ignorance silence my pain. "
47 " I’ve been a sheep. A sheep when my kingdom needed me to act like a king. "
48 " The gods don’t make mistakes. "
49 " I teach the way of the staff to any girl who wants to learn, because in this world there will always be men who wish you harm. "
50 " Our heritage transformed into a thing to hate. "
51 " I am a princess, not a prop. Do not treat me any differently. "
52 " You raised me to fight monsters," I mutter, stepping forward with my sword. "It took me far too long to understand that the real monster was you. "
53 " Strength cannot always roar, she said that day. Valor does not always shine. "
54 " In this man - this one wretched man - is an entire kingdom. An entire nation of hate and oppression, staring me in the face. It may have been the guards who broke down the doors in Idaban that day, but they were simply his tools.Here lies the heart. "
55 " He wants to believe that playing by the monarchy’s rules will keep us safe, but nothing can protect us when those rules are rooted in hate. "
56 " You should talk to someone. The jokes don’t help much, but talking does. "
57 " I shouldn’t be asking when things got this bad. I should ask why I ever thought things had gotten better. "
58 " Our lack of power and our oppression are one in the same... "
59 " No matter what the world said, my magic was beautiful. Even without powers, the gods had blessed me with a gift. "
60 " Revenge is meaningless. There’s still time to make this right. "