45 Quotes by N. K. Jemisin

Many things have broken him. He holds himself together with spit and endless smiling, but all can see the cracks. You, though; you are dented, bruised, but intact.

That we're not human is just the lie they tell themselves so they don't have to feel bad about how they treat us

It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.

No voting on who gets to be people.

And Mother does not hate her; actually, she fears Damaya. Is there a difference? Maybe.

...she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation.

Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.

I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.

It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.