Aella-Tempest

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

“Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate

“We get stronger by getting the help sooner and standing up faster after each hit, not enduring more beatings. That just does more long-term damage.”
― Erin R. Flynn, Dodging Calamities

“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