New Suns Quotes

“The stories contained within will delight your sensibilities, inspire your wonderings, and connect you to your humanity, which is the point of good storytelling”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“examine who we are as sentient beings, and science fiction as a tool for social change makes for a most welcome companion on our journey.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“For too long, the voices and visions for our future have been provided, for the most part, by and from a culturally European (if not Eurocentric) perspective. However, there is change afoot.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“There was a quality to being alone in the woods that felt safe and dangerous at the same time.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“How authentically human. How dangerous.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“we continually create the world we occupy”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“didn’t solve my problem, but I put her suggestion in my back pocket, you know? Like it made me feel better that there was a thing I hadn’t done yet that I could do.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“Lesley Nneka Arimah”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“We be free.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“she was awake now,”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“I mean, he’s not wrong, but he’s not right either.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“I don’t really handle the paperwork anymore.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“The grand philosopher Ancient Leaf once expounded that a man who kills another out of passion or greed is condemned as a murderer, and one who kills ten people is reviled as a maniac, but one who causes the death of hundreds of thousands in pursuit of personal glory is often revered as a great personage.”
― Minsoo Kang, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“Silver Mirror opined that a country that has reached the age of wisdom would stop building monuments to the warmongers of its history, but rather erect them for its peacemakers, those who saved lives by preventing the course of events from descending into a time of sword and fire.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“these stories are delivered by vibrant, authentic voices bursting to weigh in on the human condition and our journey of human evolution.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

“a country that has reached the age of wisdom would stop building monuments to the warmongers of its history, but rather erect them for its peacemakers, those who saved lives by preventing the course of events from descending into a time of sword and fire.”
― Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color