If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.
N.K. JemisinIt was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.
N.K. JemisinThe shadows of Ina-Karekh are the place where nightmares dwell, but not their source. Never forget: the shadowlands are not elsewhere. We create them. They are within.
N.K. Jemisin...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.
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