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Нора К. Джемисин — американская писательница-фантаст и блогер. Обладательница премий «Локус», «Небьюла» и «Хьюго», причём последнюю награду она получала три года подряд. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. Сентябрь 1972
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“They follow the creed of the Bright: that which disturbs the order of society must be eliminated, regardless of whether it caused the disturbance.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Broken Kingdoms

She rolled her eyes. “You’d think they’d get tired of parroting Itempas and start thinking for themselves after two thousand years.”
Источник: The Broken Kingdoms (2011), Chapter 5 “Family” (charcoal study) (p. 105)

“Mother always said that if one must do something unpleasant, one should do it wholeheartedly and not waste effort on regret.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 23 (p. 563)

“Peace is meaningless without freedom.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 20 (p. 514)

“Those with power would always find some way to exert it over those who didn’t.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 19 (p. 494)

“Fear was like poison to mortals; it killed their rationality.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 16 (p. 407)

“This was what I’d asked her to give me. I had no right to complain just because it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 14 (p. 347)

“If they will not love me, fear is an acceptable substitute.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 13 (p. 331)

“Magic is merely communication, after all.
Communication, and conduits.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 13 (p. 325)

“Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 12 (p. 308)

“It was the oldest of tricks, to sow dissension between groups that had common interests. Good for deflecting attention from greater mischief, too.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 12 (p. 301)

“Unreasoning optimism is a fundamental element of childishness.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 10 (p. 237)

“Well. Adolescence is all about making mistakes.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 9 (p. 200)

“There was no point in making myself suffer unnecessarily. As a mortal, there would be pain enough in my life, whether I sought it out or not.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 5 (p. 119)

“Unconditional love: childhood’s greatest magic.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 1 (p. 35)

“That was the way of things, after all. Children had to grow up. They did not always become what others wanted.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 7 (p. 166)

“When things are bad, change is good, right? Change means things will get better.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Kingdom of Gods

Источник: The Kingdom of Gods (2011), Chapter 1 (p. 19)

“We were all exposed to nothing but white dude fiction, occasionally young white women fiction, and if that’s how you’ve grown up, then that is what is normal.”

Interviews
Источник: On how she once perceived fiction in “NK Jemisin: 'It’s easier to get a book set in black Africa published if you're white'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/02/nk-jemisin-its-easier-to-get-a-book-set-in-black-africa-published-if-youre-white in The Guardian (2020 May 2)

“Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Stone Sky

Источник: The Stone Sky (2017), Chapter 9 “the desert, briefly, and you” (p. 231)

“Would’ve been nice if we could’ve all had normal, of course, but not enough people wanted to share. So now we all burn.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Stone Sky

Источник: The Stone Sky (2017), Chapter 7 “you’re planning ahead” (p. 170)

“You’re abbreviating heavily, not lying. That’s what you tell yourself.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Obelisk Gate

Источник: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 16 “you meet an old friend, again” (p. 293)

“Put people in a cage and they will devote themselves to escaping it, not cooperating with those who caged them.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Obelisk Gate

Источник: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 15 “Nassun, in rejection” (p. 270)

“It is surprising how refreshing this feels. Being judged by what you do, and not what you are.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Obelisk Gate

Источник: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 8 “you've been warned” (p. 127)

“The Leadership legends have the air of a myth concocted to justify their place in society.”

N. K. Jemisin книга The Obelisk Gate

Источник: The Obelisk Gate (2016), Chapter 6 “you commit to the cause” (p. 91)