Orisha Quotes

“Olofi made Oya . . . and then he realized he'd done and quickly made Oshun.”
― Karen E. Quinones Miller

“When the elders built this place, it was only bare mountaintops.' I look to the crowd. 'It didn't become a home because they filled it with towers. It became a home because they built it together. This land, these temples--they're not what matters. As long as we have each other, we will carry Orisha in our veins. No one can ever take that away.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance

“Mama used to say that in the beginning, white hair was a sign of the powers of heaven and earth. It held beauty and virtue and love, it meant we were blessed by the gods above.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone