The Inheritance Trilogy Quotes

“perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Inheritance Trilogy

“That is what a trickster does, see. Shifts things around, stirs things up, makes the strong weak and the weak strong, makes people mad in good times so they won’t get madder in bad ones.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Inheritance Trilogy

“As you found today, having no other options makes even menial labor desirable. Sever one attachment and others become more viable.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Inheritance Trilogy

“We’ve resorted to asking for volunteers—any woman with a horse and her own weapons. Men as well, if they’re not yet fathers.” It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defense, their physical strength bent toward the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Inheritance Trilogy