Akotowaa

“Now hear me well—what is not yours is not yours o, even if you marry the person that has that thing. If it is not yours, it is not yours o.”
― Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

“Sometimes I wonder if we have misunderstood the notion of freedom. We prize “freedom to” so much more than “freedom from.”
― Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

“When one achieves immortality, one must find purpose beyond the struggle to live,”
― Brandon Sanderson, Edgedancer

“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars