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“You don’t have to be afraid—"
"I am always afraid!"
I don’t know what shocks me more—the power in my voice or the words themselves.
Afraid.
I am always afraid.
It’s a truth I locked away years ago, a fact I fought hard to overcome.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone