Samantha Shannon Quotes

I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death.

Samantha Shannon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 8, 1991

Topics

LifeDeathLookingInterestingAware

I think everybody has a secret life.

Joanne Harris

LifeThinkSecretEverybodyI Think

Good music shouldn't have a shelf life.

Jessie Ware

LifeGoodMusicShelfGood Music

I was performing from the age of three.

Jennifer Ellison

AgeThreePerforming

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

John Keats

TruthHeartRomanticImaginationAm

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

Max Hastings

ChildrenPeopleWorldBelieveKnow

I'll say this: I think from a directing standpoint, 'Loving' is my most accomplished film. Strictly from a technical, directing point of view.

Jeff Nichols

ThinkViewPoint Of ViewLovingSay

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Sophia Loren

LifeMistakesDuesFullPartPays

Do Tasmanian devils really exist?

Tom Cochrane

DevilsExistReally

We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve.

Rob Mariano

BestFunPeopleI CanWaySurvivor

It's almost impossible to break a losing streak on your own.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

LosingImpossibleBreakOwnAlmost

The first time I heard 'Crazy Train,' I was crashed out in bed, definitely not wanting to get up and go to school, when my brother Vinnie came in and cranked it up.

Dimebag Darrell

TimeSchoolBrotherCrazyTrainGo

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having.

Denis Johnson

TruthExperienceLieEndYouPlay

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