Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to?
N.K. Jemisin
In the future, as in the present, as in the past, black people will build many new worlds. This is true. I will make it so. And you will help me.
writing people art future past true present black creating worlds hope
Suffering is part of life,' she said. 'All the parts of life are jumbled up together; you can't separate out just the one thing.' She parred his hand again, kindly. 'I could let you kill me now, lovely man, and have peace and good dreams forever. But who knows what I get instead, if I stay? Maybe time to see a new grandchild. Maybe a good joke that sets me laughing for days. Maybe another handsome young fellow flirting with me.' She grinned toothlessly, then let loose another horrible, racking cough. Ehiru steadies her with shaking hands. 'I want every moment of my life, pretty man, the painful and the sweet alike. Until the very end. If these are all the memories I get for eternity, I want to take as many of them with me as I can.
life death memories
There is nothing foolish about hope.
faith hope
You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining.
philosophy self existence acceptance
I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't something I had considered, but it did not surprise me. A mortal man's strength had its limits. He spent himself and slept. He could be a good lover, but even his best skills were only guesswork - for every caress that sent a woman's head into the clouds, he might try ten that brought her back to earth.
fantasy romance gods epic-fantasy
The younger man stepped away from the table and came toward me, his whole posture radiating menace. Every Darre woman is taught to deal with such behavior from men. It is an animal trick that they use, like dogs ruffling their fur and growling. Only rarely is there an actual threat behind it, and a woman's strength lies in discerning when the threat is real and when it is just hair and noise.
women
Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.
anger hate betrayal
But when I got angry, my nerves sought an outlet, and my mouth didn't always guard the gates.
anger
In 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.
motherhood children childhood mother
This means, in a way, that true light is dependent on the presence of other lights. Take the others away and darkness results. Yet the reverse is not true: take away darkness and there is only more darkness. Darkness can exist by itself. Light cannot.
light dark darkness
You're very lucky.. Friends are precious, powerful things - hard to earn, harder still to keep. You should thank this one for taking a chance on you.
friends
So there was love, once. More than love. And now there is more than hate. Mortals have no words for what we gods feel. Gods have no words for such things. But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always love left, underneath. Horrible, isn't it?
hate gods
But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always a little love left, underneath. Yes. Horrible, isn't it?
resentment hate
They live forever. But many of them are even more lonely and miserable than we are. Why do you think they bother with us? We teach them life's value.
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