We bled a lot and Saul gave us the injection himself, but the Ada has no scar so perhaps this is a memory.” - Akwaeke Emezi

Angels aren't pretty pictures in old holy books, just like monsters aren't ugly pictures. It's all just people, doing hard things or doing bad things.”

Feyi felt like a monster and a traitor, but it was fine, it had to happen.”

There shouldn’t be any monsters left in Lucille. The city used to have them, of course—what city didn’t? They used to be everywhere, thick in the air and offices, in the streets and in people’s own homes. They used to be the police and teachers and judges and even the mayor; yeah, the mayor used to be a monster.”