# The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

- Author: [N. K. Jemisin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin.md)
- Quotes: 9
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms

## Quotes

> It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.

p. 75

> “I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me,” I said. “I want to be myself.”
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> “Don’t be a child.”
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> I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. “What?”
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> “You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I’m tired of your whining.”

p. 299

> There is no logic to grief.

p. 282

> “I will not beg your forgiveness,” she said. Only her voice betrayed her fear; it was not its usual strong, clear tone. “I did what I felt was right.”
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> “Of course you did,” I said. “It was the wise thing to do.”

p. 394

> It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy, it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all—but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

p. 74

> But love like that doesn’t just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there’s always a little love left, underneath.
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> Yes. Horrible, isn’t it?

p. 144

> But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.

p. 61

> There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.

p. 36

> Immortality gets very, very boring. You'd be surprised at how interesting the small mundanities of life can seem after a few millennia.

p. 103