N. K. Jemisin

Quotes

1. Put people in a cage and they will devote themselves to escaping it, not cooperating with those who caged them.

   p. 270

2. 

   My people didn’t use mysterious powers to track you; we used deduction. Much more reliable.

   p. 392

3. 

   All energy is the same, through its different states and names. Movement creates heat which is also light that waves like sound which tightens or loosens the atomic bonds of crystal as they hum with strong and weak forces. In mirroring resonance with all of this is magic, the radiant emission of life and death.

   p. 97

4. 

   Would’ve been nice if we could’ve all had normal, of course, but not enough people wanted to share. So now we all burn.

   p. 170

5. 

   Weapons have no need of friends.

   p. 297

6. 

   Syenite wonders if there is any point in hating a crazy man. It’s not like he’ll notice, anyway.

   p. 160

7. 

   When we say that “the world has ended,” remember—it is usually a lie. The planet is just fine.

   p. 2

8. 

   You’re abbreviating heavily, not lying. That’s what you tell yourself.

   p. 293

9. 

   Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.

   p. 231

10. 

    The Leadership legends have the air of a myth concocted to justify their place in society.

    p. 91

11. 

    “Home is people,” she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. “Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”

    p. 226

12. 

    It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.

    p. 127