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I’d packed my ceremonial robes, but I dressed my mother in them before we laid out her body on the funeral pyre, the only tradition we were able to observe that day. The fire took everything else, and even when Pemba tried to persuade me to
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“Mom can’t help herself. “Does he know about you?” “About how I turn into a troll at sunset?” I shake my head. “I don’t think so.”
― Autoboyography
― Autoboyography
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“We are all children of blood and bone.
All instruments of vengeance and virtue.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
All instruments of vengeance and virtue.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
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“They wear their secrets like glittering diamonds, embroidery woven through their lavish buba tops and wrapped iro skirts. Their lies and lily-scented perfumes taint the honeyed aroma of sweet cakes I am no longer allowed to eat.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
― Children of Blood and Bone
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“Love is too strong, too intense, for what I feel. For what I am allowed to feel.”
― Children of Blood and Bone
― Children of Blood and Bone
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“We're the children of the gods." I lift my chin. "If someone's running away, it's not going to be us.”
― Children of Virtue and Vengeance
― Children of Virtue and Vengeance
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