The Black God's Drums Quotes

“Hearing ain’t the same as listening.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“Fighting it has to be like trying to push back a flood. In my head, Oya laughs. You can run from those old Afrikin goddesses. But they find you when they ready.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“You can run from those old Afrikin goddesses. But they find you when they ready.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“I know how she’s feeling with all that power inside: like you riding a bolt of lightning, like you tied to something bigger than you can even describe, like you can go up against anything. Only feeling some way don’t make it so.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“Hard not to admire a woman who’s not afraid to let out a good snort.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“Thanks also to NOPD who pressed a loaded pistol to the back of my head as I lay facedown on a posh French Quarter hotel floor in a case of “mistaken identity”—you introduced me to the city too.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“Drapeto gas everywhere! Just be sure to have a mask on. My own invention.”
She says the last part with a smug smile and the captain takes to staring at the two sisters, that disbelieving look on her face again. “The two of you is nuns?”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“On the streets, better people make that mistake.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums

“You can run from those old African goddesses, but they find you when they ready.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, The Black God's Drums