There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.
N.K. JemisinI 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.
N.K. JemisinTag: romance fantasy gods epic-fantasy
It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.
N.K. JemisinTag: inspirational thought-provoking rational
We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.
N.K. JemisinTag: humanity cruelty gods hubris
(This is not a digression.)
N.K. JemisinWhether you live or die is irrelevant. You are Arameri, and like all of us, you will serve.
N.K. JemisinFortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough.
N.K. JemisinThe 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.
N.K. JemisinTag: women strength-strategy
And in that sliver of time, I felt the power around me coalesce, malice-hard and sharp as crystal.
That this analogy occurred to me should have been a warning.
You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison.
Fine. I don't you like you, either.
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