Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannon
Samantha Shannonis a British writer of dystopian and paranormal fiction...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 November 1991
Samantha Shannon quotes about
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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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My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allowed me to sense dreamscapes at a distance. It could also snap me back into my skin.
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London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net. Still, you had to hope the ones you got were good.
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I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm 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 mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
imagine
I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now.
choices moments
I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.
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his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies
world harm can-do
I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you
eye tunnels race
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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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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They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.
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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.
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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.