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The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1) QUOTES

The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " 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. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

3 " 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 , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

5 " Nothing’s worse than a story without an end. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

6 " No, Paige. I am trying to help you.”
“Go to hell.”
“I already exist on a level of hell.”
“Exist on one that isn't near mine. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

7 " I have committed myself to developing your gift — but for you, Paige. Not for her. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

9 " 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. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

11 " nothing, nothing. just talking to myself. best way to keep one's sanity after forty years. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

14 " You cannot kill death. What fire can scald the sun? Who can drown the ocean? "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

15 " For the dreamers. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

16 " I don't know. I just want you with me.

I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him. "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

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

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)

20 " Because I don’t know whether honesty is better than happiness. Do we sacrifice honesty in order to be happy? "

― Samantha Shannon , The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)