# Quote — N. K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

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

- Author: [N. K. Jemisin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin.md)
- Book: [The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms.md)
- Page: 75
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin#The_Hundred_Thousand_Kingdoms_(2010)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/it-is-important

## More from this book

> “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?”
>
> “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 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/im-tired-of-being.md)

> There is no logic to grief.

p. 282 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/there-is-no-logic.md)

> “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 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/i-will-not.md)