Top 100 Tomi Adeyemi Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “You crushed us to build your monarchy on the backs of our blood and bone. Your mistake wasn’t keeping us alive. it was thinking we’d never fight back.”

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2. “The night King Saran hung my people for the world to see, declaring war against the maji of today and tomorrow. The night magic died. The night we lost everything.”

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3. “Courage does not always roar. Valor does not always shine.”

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4. “Your people, your guards – they’re nothing more than killers, rapists, and thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear.”

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5. “Reality told us we would fail. But again and again, we fought. We perserved. We rose.”

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6. “I could screw everything up for the remainder of his days, yet Tzain would still die trying to keep me safe.”

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7. “The sea-salt scent of her soul is gone.”

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8. “Our lack of power and our oppression are one and the same, Inan. Without power we’re maggots. Without power the monarchy treats us like scum!” “Power is not the answer. It will only intensify the fight. Maybe you can’t trust my father, but if you could learn to trust me, to trust my guards –.”

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9. “I’m the very monster I hunt.”

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10. “You’re on the right side of this. My only desire is to stand there as well.”

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

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12. “Your ignorance will be your downfall. Magic or not, we won’t give up. Magic or not, we will take back what’s ours!”

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13. “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.”

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14. “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.”

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15. “The truth cuts like the sharpest knife I’ve ever known.”

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16. “Duty Before Self. Kingdom Before King.”

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17. “They don’t hate you, my child. They hate what you were meant to become.”

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18. “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.”

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19. “Power is not the answer. It will only intensify the fight.”

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20. “It doesn’t matter how strong I get, how much power my magic wields. They will always hate me in this world.”

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21. “Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You’re the whole tsunami.”

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22. “Sky Mother chose me. Used me. Took me away from everything I loved. She can’t abandon me like this. She can’t throw me away with nothing but scars.”

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23. “We suffer so everyone else can smile.”

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

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25. “Over generations, love of the maji turned into fear. Fear turned into hate. Hate transformed into violence, a desire to wipe the maji away.”

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26. “I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war.”

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

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28. “It avoids rather than hurts, it hurts rather than maims, it maims rather than kills – the staff does not destroy.”

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29. “Strength cannot always roar, she said that day. Valor does not always shine.”

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30. “She smiles. A beautiful smile. With it, I glimpse the sun. When she turns, I long for that glimpse again, the warmth it spread through my bones.”

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31. “In that moment she appears so much younger than the world has allowed her to be.”

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32. “Revenge is meaningless. There’s still time to make this right.”

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33. “As it fades, I see the truth – in plain sight, yet hidden all along. We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue. This truth holds me close, rocking me like a child in a mother’s arms. It binds me in its love as death swallows me in its grasp.”

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34. “You are not your mistakes.” Mama Agba holds both of her shoulders, making Amari cry harder. “Do not let one moment define or destroy you. The gods work in mysterious ways. Have faith in their greater plan.”

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35. “Even in the darkest times the gods are always there.”

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36. “Please. I want to understand.” “You can’t. They built this world for you, built it to love you. They never cursed at you in the streets, never broke down the doors of.”

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37. “You are a sister of Oya, my love. You know our spirits never die.” She pulls me back and wipes my tears with her soft robes. “I have always been with you, always by your side.” I clutch at her, as if at any moment her spirit might slip through my fingers.”

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38. “They hate what you were meant to become.”

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39. “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.”

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40. “You know how to win,” she says. “Just make sure you know when to fight.”

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41. “I don’t know what shocks me more – the power in my voice or the words themselves.”

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42. “I am a princess, not a prop. Do not treat me any differently.”

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43. “Though I’ve heard Mama tell this story before, it’s never felt as real as it does now. It transcends the realm of fables and myths into actual history.”

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44. “You have to look beyond the surface if you truly want to achieve the peace you seek.”

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45. “We’re the children of the gods.” I lift my chin. “If someone’s running away, it’s not going to be us.”

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46. “No matter what the world said, my magic was beautiful. Even without powers, the gods had blessed me with a gift.”

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47. “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.”

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48. “We’ve been led to this moment, pushed in the tiniest, most obscure ways.”

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49. “But as our eyes meet, I realize he’s just like me; he carries Mama like the air, a passing thought of her in every breath.”

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50. “Mama had a face like the sun.”

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