The best Quotes by N. K. Jemisin

The best Quotes by N. K. Jemisin

Nora Keita Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

I write for myself - but it is nice when other people like it, too!

If you can imagine something, it will be.

How can we prepare for the future if we won't acknowledge the past?

The Broken Earth - The Stone Sky

In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.

The Broken Earth - The Fifth Season

Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.

The Broken Earth - The Fifth Season

But for a society build on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.

The Broken Earth - The Stone Sky

Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.

The Broken Earth - The Obelisk Gate

True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict.

Dreamblood - The Killing Moon

"I think," Hoa says slowly, "that if you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back."

The Broken Earth - The Stone Sky

We can never be gods, after all - but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

It's all right to need help. All of us have things we can't do alone.

The Broken Kingdoms

Well. Adolescence is all about making mistakes.

The Kingdom of Gods

But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always a little love left, underneath. Yes. Horrible, isn't it?

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Mother always said that if one must do something unpleasant, one should do it wholeheartedly and not waste effort on regret.

The Kingdom of Gods

After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you.

The Broken Earth - The Fifth Season

But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them - even if, in truth, their victims couldn't care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.

The Broken Earth - The Stone Sky

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