# Quote — Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance

> No one ever asks, but you’re here. You’re here when so many people aren’t!” Roën grabs his head as if he could pull out his hair. “You survived the Raid. The guards. You survived the wrath of a king. You’re not a victim, Zélie. You’re a survivor! Stop running away!”

- 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/no-one-ever

## 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)