N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate Quotes

The way of the world isn't the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.

You have seen so much purposeless suffering that at least being killed for a reason can be borne?

Everyone _shouldn't_ have a say in whose life is worth fighting for.

Urgency and despair don't get along well.

Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.