N.K. Jemisin Quotes

• So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream.

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  Dream, Taken, Writing

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• A los ojos de un niño, una madre es una diosa. Puede ser gloriosa o terrible, benévola o llena de ira, pero en cualquier caso inspira amor. Estoy convencida de que es el mayor poder del universo.

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  Mamá, Madre, Hijos

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.63, Hachette UK

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

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  Madre, Hijos, Guerrero

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

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  Political, Ease, Politics

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• There is nothing foolish about hope.

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  Tonto

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• Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?

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  World, Faces, Should

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• If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.

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  Racism, Political, Mouths

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• This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot.

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  Medio, Luz, Oscuridad

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• There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

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  Tainted, Ifs

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• Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don't refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call something exotic if it's so different that we see no way to emulate it or understand how it came to be. We call someone exotic if we aren't especially interested in viewing them as people - just as objects representing their culture.

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  Distance, Thinking, People

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• You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.

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  Powerful, Lucky, Chance

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• Es una blasfemia separarse de la tierra y mirarla como a un dios. Es más que una blasfemia: es peligroso. Al fin y al cabo, nunca podremos ser dioses, pero podemos convertirnos en algo menos que humanos con una facilidad aterradora.

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  Nature, Looks, Ease

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• Pero cuando me enfadaba, mis nervios buscaban una salida, y mi boca no siempre guardaba las puertas.

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  Nerves, Mouths, Outlets

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Broken Kingdoms”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop this. It's undignified.

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  Érase una vez

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.95, Hachette UK

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

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  Too Much, Way

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.44, Hachette UK

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• I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.

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  Heart, Who I Am, Broken

  N. K. Jemisin (2015). “The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2016”, p.328, Hachette UK

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

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  Interesting, Boring, Immortality

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.

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  Wipe, Littles, Annihilation

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• ...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.

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  Stars, Black, Tears

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.134, Hachette UK

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• You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I don't you like you, either.

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  Unique, Special, Like You

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• Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.

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  Hatred, Sound, Different

  "The Broken Kingdoms". Book by N.K. Jemisin, Chapter 3 "Gods and Corpses" (oil on canvas) (p. 58), 2011.

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

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  Powerful, Hate, Doe

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.97, Hachette UK

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• It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.

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  Niños, Hogar, Hombres

  N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.136, Hachette UK

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• Los Caminos de las Nubes tiene una construcción del mundo tremendamente original, personajes diversos y atractivos, y una emocionante trama de aventuras. Es la más rara de las fantasías: fresca y sorprendente, con una historia que no va por donde otros diez mil han ido antes. Estoy deseando volver a visitar los Tres Mundos.

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  Adventure, Character, Clouds

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• Es importante apreciar la belleza, incluso cuando es maligna.

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  Appreciate Beauty, Appreciate, Evil

  "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms". Book by N. K. Jemisin, Orbit Books, Chapter 7, p. 75, 2010.

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