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.
N.K. JemisinSo 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 whatโs been taken from us or what poison weโve internalized or how hard weโve had to work to expel it โ โ we all get to dream.
N.K. JemisinIn 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.
N.K. JemisinHe 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.
N.K. Jemisin