Oreoluwa

“It would take a while for me to realise that each of my children had given me as much as they took. My memories of them, bittersweet and constant, were as powerful as a physical presence. And because of that, as a bus bore me into the heart of a city I did not know, while my last child was dying in Lagos and the country was unraveling, I was not afraid because I was not alone.”
― Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Stay with Me

“Then he slid one big, warm hand over the nape of her neck, squeezed, and said, “Don’t look so surprised. You know I love your brain.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“You are perfection, mama.”
― Shon, Yours

“Because he knew her well enough to realize she'd rather be holed up in here like Gollum, stroking books and murmuring, "My precious.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown