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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) QUOTES

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) QUOTES

1 " For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

2 " The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

3 " Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined? "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

4 " Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

5 " Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

6 " You must remember, though, that most normal people have never seen an orogene, let alone had to do business with one, and—” She spreads her hands. “Isn’t it understandable that we might be… uncomfortable?” “Discomfort is understandable. It’s the rudeness that isn’t.” Rust this. This woman doesn’t deserve the effort of her explanation. Syen decides to save that for someone who matters. “And that’s a really shitty apology. ‘I’m sorry you’re so abnormal that I can’t manage to treat you like a human being. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

7 " The children of the Fulcrum are all different: different ages, different colors, different shapes. Some speak Sanze-mat with different accents, having originated from different parts of the world. One girl has sharp teeth because it is her race's custom to file them; another boy has no penis, though he stuffs a sock into his underwear after every shower; another girl has rarely had regular meals and wolfs down every one like she's still starving. (The instructors keep finding food hidden in and around her bed. They make her eat it, all of it, in front of them, even if it makes her sick.) One cannot reasonably expect sameness out of so much difference, and it makes no sense for Damaya to be judged by the behavior of children who share nothing save the curse of orogeny with her. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

8 " We aren't human."

"Yes. We. Are." His voice turns fierce. "I don't give a shit what the something-somethingth council of big important farts decreed, or how the geomests classify things, or any of that. That we're not human is just the lie they tell themselves so they don't have to feel bad about how they treat us. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

9 " It would be cruel to break that hope before it fades on its own. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

10 " You are lightning, dangerous unless captured in wires. You're fire - a warm light on a cold dark night to be sure, but also a conflagration that can destroy everything in its path. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

11 " This is why she hates Alabaster: not because he is more powerful, not even because he is crazy, but because he refuses to allow her any of the polite fictions and unspoken truths that have kept her comfortable, and safe, for years. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

12 " It doesn't mean anything to him, she can see by his now-furious glare. He inhales to start shouting, she has no idea what but she doesn't want to hear it, and before he can she snaps, "I'm here to fuck you, Earth burn it. Is that worth disturbing your beauty rest? "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

13 " A chi manca ciò che non hanno mai nemmeno immaginato? "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

14 " Tell them they can be great someday, like us. Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them. Tell them they must earn the respect which everyone else receives by default. Tell them there is a standard for acceptance; that standard is simply perfection. Kill those who scoff at those contradictions, and tell the rest that the dead deserved annihilation for their weakness and doubt. Then they'll break themselves trying for what they'll never achieve "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

15 " When we say “the world has ended,” it’s usually a lie, because the planet is just fine. But this is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. For the last time. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

16 " Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we? Get it over with and move on to more interesting things. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

17 " After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

18 " There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

19 " neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

20 " It’s a gift if it makes us better. It’s a curse if we let it destroy us. "

― N.K. Jemisin , The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)