“When a comm builds atop a faultline, do you blame its walls for crushing the people inside when they inevitably crumble? Some worlds are built upon a faultline of pain, held stable – temporarily – by nightmare walls. Don’t lament when they fall apart. Lament that they were ever built in the first place.”

“When a comm builds atop a faultline, do you blame its walls for crushing the people inside when they inevitably crumble? Some worlds are built upon a faultline of pain, held stable – temporarily – by nightmare walls. Don’t lament when they fall apart. Lament that they were ever built in the first place.”

— N.K. Jemisin