Samantha Shannon Quotes

My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allowed me to sense dreamscapes at a distance. It could also snap me back into my skin.

Samantha Shannon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The reactions haven't differed; the concerns have been different. When I read for a predominantly Indian audience, there are more questions that are based on issues of identity and representation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

John Engler

BrokenPeopleBetterOutWorking

Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means.

Robert J. Sawyer

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For many courtesans, it was over by age 22.

Amy Tan

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I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too.

Steve Scalise

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I think that some of the archetypes and works of science fiction that have pierced pop culture and stayed there are the darker ones and the dystopias.

Robin Sloan

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In a film, you have to externalize things that are internal and of course it becomes a debate about to what extent you do that.

Chris Terrio

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'Underworld' was my first filmed book. I think there are about seven of my lines in it.

Clive Barker

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We cannot guarantee that a humanitarian catastrophe of the extent of the Holocaust will not happen again. On the contrary, we witness a catalogue of atrocities every day in wars across the globe.

Peter Maurer

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We can bring it all down to the subtleties of the shifting of an eye because we know the camera will catch it. That has been a great thing to learn, and it makes it interesting for a guy who has been in it as long as I have.

Shawn Michaels

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Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Rex Stout

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I would like to see more female stories out there, particularly older female stories.

Marianne Elliott

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