# Quote — N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

> Weapons have no need of friends.

- Author: [N. K. Jemisin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin.md)
- Book: [The Fifth Season](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season.md)
- Page: 297
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin#The_Fifth_Season_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season/weapons-have-no-need

## More from this book

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

p. 392 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season/my-people-didnt.md)

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

p. 160 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season/syenite-wonders-if-there.md)

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

p. 226 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-fifth-season/home-is-people.md)