N.K. Jemisin Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't something I had considered, but it did not surprise me. A mortal man's strength had its limits. He spent himself and slept. He could be a good lover, but even his best skills were only guesswork - for every caress that sent a woman's head into the clouds, he might try ten that brought her back to earth. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

2. In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds.This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.

3. There is nothing foolish about hope. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

4. There is such a thing as too much loss. Too much has been taken from you both - taken and taken and taken, until there's nothing left but hope, and you've given that up because it hurts too much. Until you would rather die, or kill, or avoid attachments altogether, than lose one more thing. The Obelisk Gate

5. 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. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms