“I keep hoping you’ll tell me. You’re the god, after all. I… - N. K. Jemisin

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“I keep hoping you’ll tell me. You’re the god, after all. If I prayed to you for guidance, and you decided to answer, what would you tell me?”
“I wouldn’t answer.”
“Because you don’t care? Or because you wouldn’t know what to say?”
More silence.

N. K. Jemisin

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Nora Keita Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American speculative fiction writer and blogger.

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