Yurugu Quotes

“Our cultural roots are the most ancient in the world. The spiritual concepts of our Ancestors gave birth to religious thought African people believe in the oneness of the African family through sacred time, which unites the past, the present and the future. Our Ancestors live with us.”
― Marimba Ani

“.....“Well… ‘Marios’,” the young man said carefully, gesturing toward the bedsheets. “How do you explain this?”
Marios followed the gesture. His gaze dropped to his chest.
His breath hitched.
Where his lean, familiar chest should have been, two heavy, undeniable curves rose beneath the hospital gown. His mind stalled, refusing to process the image.
A sound tore out of him—raw, panicked. He tried to lunge out of the bed, to flee the room, the people, the nightmare. But his legs were weak, uncoordinated.
He hit the floor hard. The cold tile struck his skin, and as the darkness rushed back in, one brutal truth finally settled in his mind.
He was no longer a “He”....”
― Anastasia Tsaldari, YURUGU: A Time-Τravel Historical Thriller

“... Death was no stranger to me. I had faced it when both

my parents passed away, and when I lost friends and colleagues. I knew the

weight of absence, the ache of the ones left behind. I had often thought about

death, accepting it as life’s inevitable end. Sometimes I even saw it as the

force pushing me forward that gave meaning to everything else.

But this — this was something else entirely.

Unnatural. Stupefying. Incredible.

This was not the destination I had prepared for. It

felt like a cruel detour into the impossible. ...”
― Anastasia Tsaldari, YURUGU: A Time-Τravel Historical Thriller

“.... “Come on! Step on it, pleeeease!” Maria

said. “God, I just saw two turtles cross the road, meet, and mate in the time

it’s taking us to get there!” she added, her voice thick with her usual

exaggeration and impatience.

“Don’t you want to see what happens next?” Areti asked

calmly, maintaining her steady, crawling pace.

“Sure! Why not? Wait—now they’re having a post-coital

smoke…” Maria continued, her voice rising, clearly on edge....”
― Anastasia Tsaldari, YURUGU: A Time-Τravel Historical Thriller