What happened when people who’d once possessed absolute power suddenly lost it? - N. K. Jemisin

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I had never been able to truly hate anyone who’d suffered, no matter what evils they’d done in the aftermath.

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

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Very quickly I fell in with others like me—newcomers, dreamers, young people drawn to the city in spite of its dangers because sometimes, for some of us, tedium and familiarity feel worse than risking your life.

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