Anna

“neither myths nor mysteries can hold a candle to the most infinitesimal spark of hope.”
― 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 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 that. That we're not human is just the lie they tell themselves so they don't have to feel bad about how they treat us.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

“You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.”
― Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist