# Quote — N. K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate

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

- Author: [N. K. Jemisin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin.md)
- Book: [The Obelisk Gate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-obelisk-gate.md)
- Page: 293
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin#The_Obelisk_Gate_(2016)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-obelisk-gate/youre-abbreviating-heavily

## More from this book

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

p. 270 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-obelisk-gate/put-people-in-a-cage.md)

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

p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-obelisk-gate/the-leadership-legends.md)

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

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-obelisk-gate/it-is-surprising.md)