Top 15 N. K. Jemisin Quotes

Nassun gasps. “That’s horrible!
I don’t bother to explain that just because something is horrible does not make it any less true.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Honor in safety, survival under threat. Better a living coward than a dead hero.

My people didn’t use mysterious powers to track you; we used deduction. Much more reliable.

Weapons have no need of friends.

Home is people, she says to Asael, softly. Asael blinks. Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.

Syenite wonders if there is any point in hating a crazy man. It’s not like he’ll notice, anyway.

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the Fifth, and master of all.