“She feels closer than ever to her father in this moment of utter broken rage.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“There is no word for such a catastrophe. It would liquefy the surface of the planet, vaporizing the oceans and sterilizing everything… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Time grows short, my love. Let’s end with the beginning of the world, shall we? Yes. We shall.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“And maybe it means you’re choosing one of your children—the one who has the best chance of survival—over the other. But that’s… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds. This is true. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“I would savor every moment of my life that remained, suck its marrow, crunch its bones. And when the end came... well,… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“And once upon a time I wondered: Is writing epic fantasy not somehow a betrayal? Did I not somehow do a disservice… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“You understand these moments, I think instinctively. It is our nature. We are born of such pressures, and sometimes, when things are… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“She knows in this moment that he will never falter, never not be there when she needs him, never devolve into a… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“There passes a time of happiness in your life, which I will not describe to you. It is unimportant. Perhaps you think… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“It’s a waste of your time to teach them.” This dismissal, inexplicably, starts to eat through your patience. “It’s never a waste… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“She feels closer than ever to her father in this moment of utter broken rage.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“When a comm builds atop a fault line, do you blame its walls when they inevitably crush the people inside? No; you blame whoever… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“I don’t know how I feel about a canon anymore ... The sheer volume of books that exist out there means that a canon… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“[...] the kind of healer who knows that sometimes one must inflict terrible agony - rebreak a bone, carve off a limb, kill the… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all,… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“You waver, because you don’t really want to know … but you haven’t been a coward for some years now. So you steel yourself… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“What can orogeny do against something like that? Keep her breathing, maybe. But breathing doesn't always mean living, and maybe... maybe genocide doesn't always… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“What the rust do you matter? Who cares about you? Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? Once, you did have people who cared about… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Let me say only that these vehicles float a few inches off the ground. No animals draw them. No steam or chemical fuels them.… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
