Samantha Shannon Quotes

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

Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.

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

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

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.

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

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

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.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

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.

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.

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.

I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

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.

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

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

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

You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it.

Just going outside put me at risk of winding up dead or captured. If I let that daunt me, I'd never do anything.

It is not that I do not want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long

Permission to disregard your orders, Underqueen." "Permission not granted. Permission categorically denied.

Madness is a matter of perspective, little dreamer.

Every revolution begins with breakfast, ’ I quoted as they left. ‘Is this your revolution, Jaxon?

Never allow yourself to believe you should be silent.

His dreamscape sent a tongue of fire across my flowers.

This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands. It couldn't stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.

Money. The dark obsession of the human race.

War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing.