N. K. Jemisin quote: Many things have broken him. He holds himself together with spit and endless smiling, but all can see the cracks. ...

Many things have broken him. He holds himself together with spit and endless smiling, but all can see the cracks. You, though; you are dented, bruised, but intact.

~ N. K. Jemisin ~

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