"They live forever. But many of them are……" — N.K. Jemisin
"They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value."
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29 Quotes by N.K. Jemisin
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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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Fortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough.
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