# Quote — N. K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

> 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.

- Author: [N. K. Jemisin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin.md)
- Book: [The Stone Sky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-stone-sky.md)
- Page: 170
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/N._K._Jemisin#The_Stone_Sky_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-stone-sky/wouldve-been-nice

## More from this book

> 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 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-stone-sky/all-energy-is-the.md)

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

p. 2 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-stone-sky/when-we-say.md)

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

p. 231 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/n-k-jemisin/the-stone-sky/honor-in-safety.md)