And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should have been a warning. N.K. Jemisin More Quotes by N.K. Jemisin More Quotes From N.K. Jemisin 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. N.K. Jemisin mom mother children We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease. N.K. Jemisin politics political ease If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem. N.K. Jemisin political racism mouths So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream. N.K. Jemisin taken dream writing 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 who-i-am broken heart This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot. N.K. Jemisin light darkness mean There is nothing foolish about hope. N.K. Jemisin foolish There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child. N.K. Jemisin warrior mother children You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you. N.K. Jemisin lucky powerful chance Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to? N.K. Jemisin should faces world You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I don't you like you, either. N.K. Jemisin like-you unique special But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much. N.K. Jemisin too-much way The Cloud Roads has wildly original worldbuilding, diverse and engaging characters, and a thrilling adventure plot. It's that rarest of fantasies: fresh and surprising, with a story that doesn't go where ten thousand others have gone before. I can't wait for my next chance to visit the Three Worlds! N.K. Jemisin clouds adventure character 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 once-upon-a-time There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully. N.K. Jemisin tainted ifs Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright. N.K. Jemisin different hatred sound Determination could easily become obsession. N.K. Jemisin obsession determination ...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears. N.K. Jemisin black stars tears 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? N.K. Jemisin powerful hate doe He was dead again when I got home that day. His corpse was in the kitchen, near the counter, where it appeared he'd been chopping vegetables when the urge to stab himself through the wrist had struck. I slipped on the blood coming in, which annoyed me because that meant it was all over the kitchen floor. N.K. Jemisin vegetables home blood
