Folasade

“The gods do not care. It is not them, after all, that will pay the cost.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

“The worst part of embodiment is being unseen.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

“This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but it doesn't matter. It's too late. At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it's much, much, much too late.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

“We came from somewhere—everything does. When the transition is made from spirit to flesh, the gates are meant to be closed. It’s a kindness. It would be cruel not to.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater