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N.K. Jemisin is an American science fiction writer born in September 1972. Her works are known for their unique world-building, profound character development, and rich imagination. Jemisin gained widespread acclaim with her 'Inkwood' series, which includes 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms', 'The Broken Kingdoms', and 'The Kingdom of the Gods', with 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms' winning the Hugo Award in 2011.

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“And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal. That this analogy occurred to me should have been a warning.”

Should Has Beens Hard Felt Should Have Warning Crystals Malice Should Have Been Analogies

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always a little love left, underneath. Yes. Horrible, isn't it?”

Littles Doe Matter Hate Left Powerful Disappear Horrible Little Love

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“He was dead again when I got home that day. His corpse was in the kitchen, near the counter, where it appeared he'd been chopping vegetables when the urge to stab himself through the wrist had struck. I slipped on the blood coming in, which annoyed me because that meant it was all over the kitchen floor.”

Home Blood Kitchen Urges Vegetables Corpses Annoyed Wrists Chopping

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all - but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”

Humans Looks Earth Nature Dangerous Oneself Ease Frightening Blasphemy

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.”

Men Pleasure Lessons Mortals Grandmother Priests My Grandmother Doom Wrong Man

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Once upon a time there was a Stop this. It's undignified.”

Once Upon A Time

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining.”

Made Done Universe Accepting Creator Tire Whining

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises?”

Morning Surprise Rising Sunrise Cheerful Glowing Macabre

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“You're very lucky... Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.”

Should Stills Hard Chance Powerful Lucky Harder

Author: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.”

Thinking Values Teach Forever Lonely Miserable Bother Live Forever

Book:The Broken Kingdoms

Source: The Broken Kingdoms

“This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot.”

Way Mean Light Results Darkness Dependent Reverse

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream.”

Writing Matter Hard Stories Dream Past Taken No Matter What Poison Who We Are

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“Loneliness is a darkness of the soul”

Soul Darkness Loneliness Darkness Of The Soul

Book:The Broken Kingdoms

Source: The Broken Kingdoms

“Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?”

World Should Faces

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“There is nothing foolish about hope.”

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.”

Dies Turns Stars Black Millions Tears Lifts Scream Fury

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Determination could easily become obsession.”

Determination Obsession

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.”

Different Sound Hatred Betrayed Betrayed Love

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“I am not as I once was. They have done this to me, broken me open and torn out my heart. I do not know who I am anymore. I must try to remember.”

Knows Trying Heart Done Remember Broken My Heart Who I Am Torn

Book:The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2016

Source: The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1, WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD 2016

“If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.”

Ifs Firsts Facts Problem Political Chance Cry Racism Mouths Chances Are Political Correctness Correctness

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.”

Children Mother Greater Warrior Protecting Children Protecting Her

Book:The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Source: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“But when I got angry, my nerves sought an outlet, and my mouth didn't always guard the gates.”

Mouths Angry Gates Nerves Outlets

Book:The Broken Kingdoms

Source: The Broken Kingdoms

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Born: September 19, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 123

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