81 Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

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

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.

Even in the darkest times the gods are always there.

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

I did not need to be 100% to do an event. I just had to be honest about where I was at.

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

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

I know she has eyes like the moon. I know the faded scar that nicks her eyebrow.

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.