28 quotes
Science fiction and fantasy are already about subverting paradigms. It's something I love about them.
collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999)
Every time I put my work out into the public, I risk putting something out there based in my unexamined and unrecognized assumptions. That's part of the game.
collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999)
I think what happens is as with any form of oppression the people most concerned with or think about it the most deeply are the people most negatively affected by it.
collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999)
“Mami,” Ti-Jeanne said, “I should go and get Baby. He ain’t take to Tony.”
“Hmph. Child got some sense, then. More than some I could name. But leave he there. He have to learn that he can’t always have what he want.”
Brown Girl in the Ring (1998)
She curled up on the pallet and stared into the dark, praying for a peaceful sleep.
Prayers didn’t do no good, oui. Antonio chased her all night. (In the book Antonio, her father, beats and sexually abuses her long-term; she eventually kills him)
Midnight Robber (2000)
“Children,” I said to her. “For the first little while, they not exactly human, you don’t find?”
The New Moon's Arms (2007)
people will love each other, no matter what circumstances they are in.
collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999)
The title's sort of the distilled version of what the story wants to be. Before I quite know what the story is, the title whispers hints to me.
collected in Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson (1999)