And So I Roar Quotes

“Forgiveness is the door to that tiny passage of your heart where healing lives. And the key to open the door of it is to say yes to a sorry you may not ever get.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“ON DREAMS Chasing a dream is like a new-born baby learning to walk. You will stagger many times and fall down, but one day, if you don’t give up, you will crawl, walk, run, climb, and maybe even fly. —The Very Important Small Book of Life’s Little Wisdoms by Adunni”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“Of all the things inside here, only the books have been able last forever, passing from one hand and mind to another, from age to age, city to city. Books have a special gift of not ever dying. The words in a book have wings that can travel far, reach minds and hearts of people in countries and cities in the world. Books can speak a million billion of languages, telling forever stories and truths with a forever pen and forever ink, more than the writer of the book. The only way I can keep on living, to make sure my voice will not die with me, is to find a way to write something like a book.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“I ran away to save myself," Adunni yells, "because nobody will save me.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“That, I realize, is what culture is. Doing things a certain way until you get used to it.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“Outside, the night is yawning, stretching itself to sleep, dripping moonlight from its tongue. Soon it will empty itself of darkness, and the sun will climb on top of it and wave us all good morning from the balcony of the sky.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“When will the world see us women with our own hopes and dreams? When will society stop dictating what we can or cannot do with our lives, our career, our everything?”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar

“You ever ask her, what is her why? We all have a why, even if the why don't make sense to other people.”
― Abi Daré, And So I Roar