Olu

“Sorry to interrupt, my liege! Please, proceed with thy gentle tonguing!”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“This boy is not part of the plan. Not the beginning, middle, or anywhere in between.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“Two faults. My race and my gender.
But they are not faults. They are strength.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn

“blurts out, “By the way, your hair is totally badass!” I know without looking that the curls springing out of my puff are wide-awake, reaching toward the sky in the night’s humidity. I bristle, because his tone is the one that feels less like a compliment and more like he’s happened upon a fun oddity—and that fun oddity is Black me with my Black hair. Wonderful.”
― Tracy Deonn, Legendborn