"The Obelisk Gate" Quotes
Essun seeks to harness her newfound powers and protect her daughter in a world threatened by environmental cataclysm.
fantasy | 410 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
It would be like a fish arguing with a mountain. No matter how complex the argument, the mountain would always win.
We’re none of us the same person we were yesterday, and we won’t be the same tomorrow.
I love, and I am loved, and I will not give up on that.
No voting on the question of whether or not we should all be treated like human beings.
I have seen these things. And I will see them again. I will see them as often as I need to.
The world is what it is. It doesn’t care. And you may think that it should, but it doesn’t.
It’s not magic, it’s power. It’s the ability to make things happen.
The Earth does not care, and we are but fleas on her back. She will shake us off in time, and where will we be then?
You know what’s the worst thing about being alive? It’s the way you can never be sure if you’re paranoid or if you’re just smart.
Sometimes the world doesn’t need another martyr. Sometimes what it needs is a monster.
