N. K. Jemisin

Writer

1972-09-19

Quotes by N. K. Jemisin

• Many things have broken him. He holds himself together with spit and endless smiling, but all can see the cracks. You, though; you are dented, bruised, but intact.

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• And Mother does not hate her; actually, she fears Damaya. Is there a difference? Maybe.

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• ...she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation.

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• And Mother does not hate her; actually, she fears Damaya. Is there a difference? Maybe.

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• Many things have broken him. He holds himself together with spit and endless smiling, but all can see the cracks. You, though; you are dented, bruised, but intact.

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• ...she wonders why a part of her is trying to find value in degradation.

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• As a black woman, I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful; the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change.

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• I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions.

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• Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

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• With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.

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• This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.

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• Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?

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