Deborah Falaye > Quotes

“I know what it feels like to be robbed of something so precious to you. To feel helpless, broken, like you are not in control of your own body. These people- they thrive on taking power. Over our minds, our bodies, our emotions. They think because we are girls, that we are something to be preyed upon. They are wrong. We are not helpless; we are not broken. Despite what scars they leave behind, our bodies are our own. Everything we feel, everything we are, belongs to us and us alone. Yes, we are girls, but we are not prey. Tonight, we are alive.”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster. (pg. 325)”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“You people- you treat us like we are not human. You replace our smiles with blood, our hearts with bullets. You destroy our innocence and our beings. And when you no longer have any use for us, you feed us to the earth.”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“Humanity, always.”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“Once there was a girl who prayed for heroes. Saviours of men to doom the monsters of her world. But that little girl is gone now. I killed her.”
― Deborah Falaye

“Shango.”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“I am Yoruba but I am not. This is Nagea, but it is not. My world is only half of what it should be, and I am only half of what I really am. I cannot afford to be whole.”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion