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Quotes from The Stone Sky — N. K. Jemisin

born 1972 United States

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

The Stone Sky (2017)

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

The Stone Sky (2017)

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.

The Stone Sky (2017)

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

The Stone Sky (2017)

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.

The Stone Sky (2017)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: N. K. Jemisin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.