Quotes by Samantha Shannon

About Samantha Shannon:

Samantha Shannon is a British writer of dystopian and paranormal fiction.
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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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Paige, you will have two tasks tonight,' he said, turning to face me. 'Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?' 'Not likely,' I said 'but let's get on with it.

Samantha Shannon

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

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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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His dreamscape sent a tongue of fire across my flowers

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

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One day,' was the dark reply, 'I will find the Ripper, and you will prove it with your life.' 'I hope that is not a threat against my person, sir, verily I do.' The auctioneer was all of a quiver. 'I shall not endure that sort of talk in my wife's ve...

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Madness is a matter of perspective, little dreamer.

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The revolution in Sheol I had beaten the odds. With the right reasons, at the right moment, even the most beaten and broken of people could rise up and reclaim themselves.

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

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

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People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and e...

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I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.

Samantha Shannon

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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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.

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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.

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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'

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I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.

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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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'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No, it's not happening.'

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Author Bio

  • NameSamantha Shannon
  • Descriptionwriter
  • BornNovember 8, 1991
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor