38 Quotes by Akwaeke Emezi

"Understand this if you understand nothing: it is a powerful thing to be seen"

"Maybe if I was more patient with certain deaths, I would be more ready for the lives that come after them."

"Monsters don't look like anything, That's the whole point. That's the whole problem."

"What does a monster look like? Jam asked.Her mother focused on her, cupping her cheek in a chalky hand. "Monsters don't look like anything, doux-doux. That's the whole point. That's the whole problem."

"Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive."

"We came from somewhere—everything does. When the transition is made from spirit to flesh, the gates are meant to be closed. It’s a kindness. It would be cruel not to."

"People can do such spectacular things if you forget to tell them it's impossible. I want them to try."

"The two of them smelled strange, like hope, like something fucking with the fine edges of my memory, something I was hungry for but couldn’t remember the taste of."

"...if just this terrified you - the tip of a feather - how am I supposed to open up entire wings?"

"I know many people survive, but I also think people glorify resilience a little too much, forgetting that the fragile ones simply die as the world walks on over their bones."