The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends #1)

by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

courage is the only thing stronger than fear, and love is the thread that holds the atoms of this universe together.

Obi kissed George like he was water and Obi was ablaze.

He put two thousand years between him and George, and lost a rib in the process.

Rib has biblical significance - eve is made of adams rib in genesis- in leaving george, obi has lost a major part of himself & left behind his lifetime partner

Time was his church, and he, nothing but a man, asking from it whatever it might be gracious enough to give.

I’ll make do with dreams,” George said, “and leave the loving of you to those who might do it properly.”

It seemed that was all he ever did these days, all he had ever done; follow in the footsteps of men named Amadi, and hope they cared enough to spare him, in the end.

Her name was Asha Akindele. It was said that she would save the world.

Isn’t it incredible that nothing I’ve done—no part of who I am—has anything to do with you.

“You are an ally to me when I feel deserted by every single other soul in this wretched, miserable world.

“You mean more to me than myself,” he said. “You who are part of my very soul.”