Children of Anguish and Anarchy Quotes

“I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“Time runs still as I raise my palms. I align them with King Baldyr’s heart. For Orïsha, I think to the fallen maji. I set the lightning free— With a roar, King Baldyr raises one of the medallions. He holds it up to my attack. All at once, my lightning goes haywire. It spreads across the black sands, missing its mark. Though Skulls are fried below, King Baldyr stands unharmed. The medallion glows in his hand as it takes control of mine. He whispers the command again, and my eyes bulge. It’s like a hand squeezes around my heart.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“Though he disappears, I hear him in my soul.

"I know.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“When you have nothing left—” The warrior swipes at me. “When the world has pushed you to your knees, that is when you learn who you really are! That is when you find your true strength!”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“By attacking New Gaīa, those you call the Skulls have not chosen war. They have chosen annihilation.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“Baldyr’s sacrificed my people like cattle. All to summon his Blood Moon. I won’t let him complete his harvest.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“They whisper words of gratitude into the vines like the fallen hierophant can hear.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“Hate you?” Mother breathes. “Do you have any idea what you’ve done? We were at the end of the war! We crushed the Iyika! You’ve brought our kingdom to its knees—”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“We’ve brought our kingdom to its knees, and now their fiercest are at our door. How many of our fiercest lie in the ground?”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“A promise that my people could be more than the mere mortals we were born as. A promise that we could become gods.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“If the two of us can bring down a kingdom, we have to be capable of bringing down a single ship.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“The name of my goddess fills me. It moves something in my soul. Her brewing storm calls out to me like a song. It holds the promise to make me whole.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“I’ve lost count of how many times over the past moon I’ve called out to my gods. How many times nothing but sorrow has answered in return. I cannot bear to hope anymore.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy

“I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy