162 Quotes by Samantha Shannon

They raise us to be soft as silk, distract us with luxury and wealth beyond measure, so we never rock the boat that carries us. They expect us to be so bored by our power that we let them do the ruling in our stead. Behind every throne is a masked servant who seeks only to make a puppet of the one who sits on it.

Night is when fear comes to us at its fullest, when we have no way to fight it. It will do everything it can to seep inside you. Sometimes it may succeed - but never think that you are the night.

Matters of the heart are quiet beyond m. Heart are frivolous things, good for nothing but pickling.

No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.

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

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.

it still amused me that criminals had laws.

Lo que yo sé es menos importante que lo que ve el mundo -dijo Kit_. Permíteme que te haga una pequeña alegoría. El arte. El arte no es un gran acto creativo, sino un conjunto de muchos actos menores. Si lees uno de mis poemas, no ves las emanas de minucioso trabajo que me ha costado componerlo, lo que he pensado, las palabras que he tachado, las páginas que he quemado de rabia. Lo único que ves, al final, es lo que yo quiero que veas. La política es igual.

Lo que yo sé es menos importante que lo que ve el mundo -dijo Kit-. Permíteme que te haga una pequeña alegoría. El arte. El arte no es un gran acto creativo, sino un conjunto de muchos actos menores. Si lees uno de mis poemas, no ves las semanas de minucioso trabajo que me ha costado componerlo, lo que he pensado, las palabras que he tachado, las páginas que he quemado de rabia. Lo único que ves, al final, es lo que yo quiero que veas. La política es igual.