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N.K. Jemisin quotes: There is no logic to grief. There is no logic to grief.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them. There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: magic redistribution. magic redistribution.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Fortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough. Fortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question. For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch. It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It's a geode. You can sess that, the way the rock around you abruptly changes to It's a geode. You can sess that, the way the rock around you abruptly changes to
N.K. Jemisin quotes: (Useful fact: mortals rarely look up.) (Useful fact: mortals rarely look up.)
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Love is no inoculation against murder. Love is no inoculation against murder.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more. The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: But this is what it means to be civilized - doing what her betters say she should, for the ostensible good of all. But this is what it means to be civilized - doing what her betters say she should, for the ostensible good of all.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The Nightlord cannot be controlled, child. He can only be unleashed. And you asked him not to kill. The Nightlord cannot be controlled, child. He can only be unleashed. And you asked him not to kill.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined? Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined?
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Home is people," she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. "Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind." Heresmith Home is people," she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. "Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind." Heresmith
N.K. Jemisin quotes: With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack. With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: You pretended to hate him because you were a coward. But you eventually loved him, and he is a part of you now, because you have since grown brave. You pretended to hate him because you were a coward. But you eventually loved him, and he is a part of you now, because you have since grown brave.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: But if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people. But if you stay, no part of this comm gets to decide that any part of this comm is expendable. No voting on who gets to be people.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Wounds get better. What makes grief get better?" "Nothing. Time can ease it, but nothing ends it. Wounds get better. What makes grief get better?" "Nothing. Time can ease it, but nothing ends it.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Of course I was enough, because he loved me. That was the whole point. Of course I was enough, because he loved me. That was the whole point.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: And what do they even call this? It's not a threesome, or a love triangle. It's a two-and-a-half-some, an affection dihedron. And what do they even call this? It's not a threesome, or a love triangle. It's a two-and-a-half-some, an affection dihedron.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Earth's flaming farts, it worked! Earth's flaming farts, it worked!
N.K. Jemisin quotes: True dreamers are both geniuses and madmen. Most lands can tolerate only a few, and those die young. True dreamers are both geniuses and madmen. Most lands can tolerate only a few, and those die young.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: But Schaffa is a grown-up, and grown-ups need their sleep; that's what her father always said whenever she or Chaga did something that woke him up. But Schaffa is a grown-up, and grown-ups need their sleep; that's what her father always said whenever she or Chaga did something that woke him up.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Didn't want to wait for death to come for you. Right. Stupid, stupid woman. Death was always here. Death is you. Didn't want to wait for death to come for you. Right. Stupid, stupid woman. Death was always here. Death is you.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more. The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: There are many of us now. Enough to be called a people in ourselves and not merely a mistake. There are many of us now. Enough to be called a people in ourselves and not merely a mistake.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Complaining about nothing doesn't seem like coping to you, but okay. Complaining about nothing doesn't seem like coping to you, but okay.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: (It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.) Lately (It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.) Lately
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The opposite of liking is not disliking, after all. The opposite of liking is apathy. The opposite of liking is not disliking, after all. The opposite of liking is apathy.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Only learning oneself better, and understanding one's place in the world, made the touch of another mundane. Only learning oneself better, and understanding one's place in the world, made the touch of another mundane.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Because I think I saw you, yesterday morning when I woke up. I think my eyes worked again, just for a moment, and you were the light I saw. Because I think I saw you, yesterday morning when I woke up. I think my eyes worked again, just for a moment, and you were the light I saw.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Whether you live or die is irrelevant. You are Arameri, and like all of us, you will serve. Whether you live or die is irrelevant. You are Arameri, and like all of us, you will serve.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Urgency and despair don't get along well. Urgency and despair don't get along well.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: keep the magma down, at least until it finds another, slower way to wend its way to the surface. keep the magma down, at least until it finds another, slower way to wend its way to the surface.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it. Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Sieh was a horrible father and a wretched friend and a barely competent employee, completely unworthy of being missed or mourned. Sieh was a horrible father and a wretched friend and a barely competent employee, completely unworthy of being missed or mourned.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal. Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining. You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The look on her face is one of horror, or perhaps sorrow so great that it might as well be horror. Past a certain point, it's all the same thing. The look on her face is one of horror, or perhaps sorrow so great that it might as well be horror. Past a certain point, it's all the same thing.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: You have seen so much purposeless suffering that at least being killed for a reason can be borne? You have seen so much purposeless suffering that at least being killed for a reason can be borne?
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Determination could easily become obsession. Determination could easily become obsession.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It is important to give just the right instructions. He thinks in loopholes. It is important to give just the right instructions. He thinks in loopholes.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: ...tears would have made him feel weak. Men have always been fragile that way. ...tears would have made him feel weak. Men have always been fragile that way.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully. There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: (This is not a digression.) (This is not a digression.)
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Think you hate me because ... I'm someone you can hate. I'm here, I'm handy. But what you really hate is the world. Think you hate me because ... I'm someone you can hate. I'm here, I'm handy. But what you really hate is the world.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: No, I'm telling this wrong. After all a person is herself and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me and you. No, I'm telling this wrong. After all a person is herself and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me and you.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid. Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: There was nothing we mortals would not do when it came to protecting our loved ones. There was nothing we mortals would not do when it came to protecting our loved ones.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It had not been all suffering and horror. Life is never only one thing. It had not been all suffering and horror. Life is never only one thing.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: newborns eventually ignore the lonely silence of a world without heartbeats. newborns eventually ignore the lonely silence of a world without heartbeats.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Everyone _shouldn't_ have a say in whose life is worth fighting for. Everyone _shouldn't_ have a say in whose life is worth fighting for.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope. Neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: There is nothing foolish about hope. There is nothing foolish about hope.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Desperation makes for poor stealth. Desperation makes for poor stealth.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Beware ground on loose rock. Beware hale strangers. Beware sudden silence. - Tablet One, "On Survival," verse three Beware ground on loose rock. Beware hale strangers. Beware sudden silence. - Tablet One, "On Survival," verse three
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree. Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Loneliness is a darkness of the soul Loneliness is a darkness of the soul
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Fear was like poison to mortals; it killed their rationality. Fear was like poison to mortals; it killed their rationality.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Peace is meaningless without freedom. Peace is meaningless without freedom.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises? Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises?
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Once upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aOnce upon a time there was aStop this. It's undignified. Once upon a time there was a
Once upon a time there was a
Once upon a time there was a
Stop this. It's undignified.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended. Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Grief sounds like a bad thing," I said, frowning. "Why don't you and Naha and Mama get rid of it?" "That would require removing love from existence. Grief sounds like a bad thing," I said, frowning. "Why don't you and Naha and Mama get rid of it?" "That would require removing love from existence.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: His faith sustains him - and faith is so easy to break. His faith sustains him - and faith is so easy to break.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It's a gift if it makes us better. It's a curse if we let it destroy us. It's a gift if it makes us better. It's a curse if we let it destroy us.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Choose how your nature shapes you. Embrace it. Find the strength in it. Choose how your nature shapes you. Embrace it. Find the strength in it.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Then she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation. Then she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Inevitable is not the same as immediate, Siehand love does not mandate forgiveness. Inevitable is not the same as immediate, Sieh
and love does not mandate forgiveness.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: We worship Him not because He is the best of our gods, but because He is, or was, the greatest killer among them. We worship Him not because He is the best of our gods, but because He is, or was, the greatest killer among them.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The way I see it, a stranger feels like a stranger; a friend feels like a friend. Simple. The way I see it, a stranger feels like a stranger; a friend feels like a friend. Simple.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value. They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind. Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Nothing to do but follow your crazy, Nothing to do but follow your crazy,
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright. Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: He has come to seduce the god of seduction, and oh, has he come prepared. He has come to seduce the god of seduction, and oh, has he come prepared.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted? Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?
N.K. Jemisin quotes: But it is one thing to resolve to die, quite another to actually carry out that resolve in the midst of dying. Something But it is one thing to resolve to die, quite another to actually carry out that resolve in the midst of dying. Something
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Immortality gets very, very boring. You'd be surprised at how interesting the small mundanities of life can seem after a few millennia. Immortality gets very, very boring. You'd be surprised at how interesting the small mundanities of life can seem after a few millennia.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode. It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation. If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: We can never be gods, after allbut we can become something less than human with frightening ease. We can never be gods, after all
but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It is not safe to hate the Arameri. Instead we hate their weapons, because weapons do not care. It is not safe to hate the Arameri. Instead we hate their weapons, because weapons do not care.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much. But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Did you know that writing stories down kills them?Of course it does, words aren't meant to be stiff, unchanging things. Did you know that writing stories down kills them?
Of course it does, words aren't meant to be stiff, unchanging things.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It takes great strength to compromise, Shahar. More than it does to threaten and destroy, since you must fight your own pride as well as the enemy. It takes great strength to compromise, Shahar. More than it does to threaten and destroy, since you must fight your own pride as well as the enemy.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man. The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: When the reasoning mind is forced to confront the impossible again and again, it has no choice but to adapt. So When the reasoning mind is forced to confront the impossible again and again, it has no choice but to adapt. So
N.K. Jemisin quotes: It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil. It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things. Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: How terrible to be a god of change and endure grief unending. How terrible to be a god of change and endure grief unending.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Someday, you must tell me what it's like there. Why all who come out of that place seem so very competent... and so very afraid. Someday, you must tell me what it's like there. Why all who come out of that place seem so very competent... and so very afraid.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me. In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.
This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Men who served anyone could be trusted by no one. Men who served anyone could be trusted by no one.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to? Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?
N.K. Jemisin quotes: When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better. When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better.
N.K. Jemisin quotes: Honor in safety, survival under threat. Better a living coward than a dead hero. Honor in safety, survival under threat. Better a living coward than a dead hero.

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