Samantha Shannon Quotes

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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.

Samantha Shannon
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.

Samantha Shannon
I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.

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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 Shannon
There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

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His thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

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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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I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.

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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 Shannon
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 Shannon
They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.

Samantha Shannon
Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

Samantha Shannon