Tomi Adeyemi Quotes

I begin to realise how far others will go to keep us down.

I saw the opportunity to show the beauty in the culture and show that these words sound magical. We’re so used to using Latin, but if J.K. Rowling saw magic in that, you can see magic in your own culture. And if you can see it, you can help other people to see it.

Reality and logic don’t matter to her. She needs this so badly, failure isn’t even in the realm of possibilities.

For so long we’ve been defenseless against the havoc the maji wreak, but now the gods have blessed us as well. We’re powerful enough to annihilate them, Inan. The only way to achieve lasting peace is to cleanse the maggots from this land.”

The thing is that underneath we are all humans…Everyone has people they love and people they want to protect, everyone has things they are afraid of or that cause them pain.

Deep down, I know the truth. I knew it the moment I saw the maji of Ibadan in chains. The gods died with our magic.

I can't be expected to carry the plight of my people forever.

I stare at the blade; the inscription gleams in the moonlight. Its words simplify my mission, creating space for my pain. A soldier. A great king. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to be. Duty over self. Orïsha over Zélie.

As long as we don’t have magic, they will never treat us with respect, Baba’s spirit booms. They need to know we can hit them back. If they burn our homes—I burn theirs, too.

I don’t know what disturbs me more: that I killed him, or that I could do it again. Strike, Amari. A thin whisper of father’s voice plays in my ears.

Even before Mother interrupted my rally, the support of the Orïshans didn’t touch the boundless joy of these maji. I wonder what it would be like to be embraced like that. To actually have a place where you belong.

I thought things could be different. I wanted them to be different. But after what we just saw, we have no choice. We can't give people that kind of power.

I look back, not recognizing the monster that wears Ojore’s face. We did this to him. We poisoned him with all our hate.

Even from afar, I see the blackened corpses that lie in the streets. Corpses that lie there because of me.

I don't know what shocks me more--- the power in my voice or the words themselves