# Quote — Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance

> If you’re going to be an elder, you need to understand that true magic isn’t about power,” I explain. “It’s something that’s a part of us, something that’s literally in our blood. Our people have suffered for this. Died for this. It’s not something you can just learn. You may have helped us get it back, but right now we’re still being hunted and killed for the very magic tîtáns like you use against us.”

- 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)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-virtue-and-vengeance/if-youre-going

## 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)