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41 " Bloody, sh*tting f*ck!' 'It sounds as if she is alive' said Warden "
― Samantha Shannon , The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3)
42 " I have committed myself to developing your gift — but for you, Paige. Not for her. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
43 " Let the storm into you, Paige. Hold it inside. See yourself as a force of nature, vast enough to defeat a god, and carry that image for all of your days. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Dawn Chorus (The Bone Season, #3.5)
44 " The dragons watched her. It was said they could see the deepest secrets of a soul, for human beings were made of water, and all water was theirs. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
45 " They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number. "
46 " 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. "
47 " I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now. "
48 " In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves "
49 " You have ambition, Tané. Never apologise for that. "
50 " Are you afraid?''Of course.''Good. Fear will make you fight. Don't let a silly little shit like Turosa get the better of you, whoever his mother is. "
51 " Sea sisters, Susa had called them once. Two pearls formed in the same oyster. "
52 " She had not been human in that final hour. Just a paper lantern, thin and wind-torn, clinging to the flickering remnants of a soul. Yet when there was no more to climb, and she had looked up and seen nothing but the terrible beauty of the sky, she had found the strength to rise. "
53 " nothing, nothing. just talking to myself. best way to keep one's sanity after forty years. "
54 " Ve kelimeler, benim rüyagezerim... Eh, kelimeler her şeydir. Kelimeler üzerinde tepinilmiş, onarılması asla mümkün olmayanlara bile kanatlar bahşeder. "
― Samantha Shannon , The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)
55 " No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough. "
56 " Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always. "
57 " We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs. "
58 " There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created. "
59 " I would live alone for fifty years to have one day with you. "
60 " Some truths are safest buried. Some castles best kept in the sky. There's promise in tales that are yet to be spoken. "