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1 " I imagined, too. And so imagination became my nemesis; my mind created monsters out of nothing. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3)
2 " Just going outside put me at risk of winding up dead or captured. If I let that daunt me, I'd never do anything. "
3 " War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing. "
4 " When you dream of change, it shines bright, like fire, and burns away all the rot that came before it. It's swift and inexorable. You cry for justice, and justice is done. The world stands with you in your fight. But if there was one thing I had learned in these last few weeks, it was that change had never been that simple. That kind of revolution existed only in daydreams. "
5 " Money. The dark obsession of the human race. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)
6 " Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair. "
7 " 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 , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
8 " 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. "
9 " His dreamscape sent a tongue of fire across my flowers. "
10 " 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. "
11 " Never allow yourself to believe you should be silent. "
12 " But one day, you will be faced with a choice, as we all are. One day you will have to choose between your own desires, your own darkest impulses, and what you know to be right . . . and it will harden you. You will understand that all of us are devils in the skins of men. "
― Samantha Shannon
13 " I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice. "
14 " Nothing’s worse than a story without an end. "
15 " Every revolution begins with breakfast,’ I quoted as they left. ‘Is this your revolution, Jaxon? "
16 " Madness is a matter of perspective, little dreamer. "
17 " It is not that I do not want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long "
18 " You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it. "
19 " I do not sleep because I am not only afraid of the monsters at my door, but also of the monsters my own mind can conjure. The ones that live within. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
20 " The Knight of Courage turns his back to you, Sigoso Vetalda,” he said, voice quaking. . . . “Damn you to the Womb of Fire.” Sigoso smiled. “I am there,” he said, “and it is paradise. "
