Quotes by N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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“Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined?”

“The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more.”

“Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”

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

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

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inspirational social-justice aging beauty-fades-away getting-older leaders leadership alienation caste caste-system classification humanity labeling labels oppression outcast outcasts taxonomy imagination missing out-of-sight wishing bullies bully bullying fear fight-or-flight hypothalamus nervous-system stress

“For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
inspirational social-justice

“The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more.”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
aging beauty-fades-away getting-older leaders

“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 t...”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
alienation caste caste-system classification

“Who misses what they have never, ever even imagined?”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
imagination missing out-of-sight wishing

“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
bullies bully bullying fear

“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. Isnt it understandable that we might be uncomfortabl...”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
apologies racism

“Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
home

“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. ...”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
diversity heterogeneity homogeneity homogenous

“Her eyes are shockingly black - shocking not because black eyes are particularly rare, but because she's wearing smoky gray eyeshadow and dark eyeliner to accentuate them further. Makeup, while the...”
— N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
black-eyes makeup priorities vanity