413 Quotes by N.K. Jemisin

We realized the old boundaries weren’t meant to keep the undesirable out, but to hoard resources within. And the hoarders were the core of the problem.

Bronca smiles sadly. “Kinda glad I’m not the only one visiting Weirdshitistan, though.

All things change in a Season – and some part of you is tired, finally, of the lonely, vengeful woman narrative.

Now she has someone who believes in her, trusts her, fights for her, as she is. So she will be what she is.

There was nothing we mortals would not do when it came to protecting our loved ones.

Coldness would be reprehensible, horrifying. Compassion is worse, because it cannot be dismissed as evil.

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.

Orogene.” It’s petty, maybe. Because of Ykka’s insistence on making rogga a use-caste name, all the stills are tossing the word around like it doesn’t mean anything. It’s not petty. It means something. “Not ‘rogga.’ You don’t get to say ‘rogga.’ You haven’t earned that.