Samantha Shannon quotes
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“There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.293, A&C Black
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“I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.”
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“I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.”
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“I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.”
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“I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.”
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“Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.”
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“Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2015). “The Mime Order”, p.459, A&C Black
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“I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.”
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“Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel,”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : "Samantha Shannon: 'Writing was a drug I couldn't stop taking'" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2013.
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“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.136, A&C Black
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“I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him”
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“Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But we're out there. Trust me.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.12, A&C Black
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“My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.2, A&C Black
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“They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.108, A&C Black
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“There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.”
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“I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.”
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“I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.263, A&C Black
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“his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.421, A&C Black
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“I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : Samantha Shannon (2013). “The Bone Season”, p.421, A&C Black
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“I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.”
-- Samantha ShannonSource : "The Bone Season". Book by Samantha Shannon, August 20, 2013.
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