# Quote — Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance

> For the first time since the torture, I feel a hint of the old fire that used to roar louder than my fear. But its flame is weak now; as soon as it flickers, it’s blown out by the wind.”

- Author: [Tomi Adeyemi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi.md)
- Book: [Children of Virtue and Vengeance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-virtue-and-vengeance.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tomi_Adeyemi#Children_of_Virtue_and_Vengeance) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-virtue-and-vengeance/for-the-first

## More from this book

> (Chapter Eighty-Five )

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> Yoruba is sacred to our people. It’s not just something you can learn.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-virtue-and-vengeance/yoruba-is-sacred.md)

> After the Raid, practicing these incantations was the only part of him I had left.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-virtue-and-vengeance/after-the-raid.md)