My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.
Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always. - Samantha Shannon
Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.
- Samantha Shannon
I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me mor… - Samantha Shannon
I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me mor…
I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice. - Samantha Shannon
I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.
They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number. - Samantha Shannon
They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.
I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night. - Samantha Shannon
I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world. - Samantha Shannon
I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take m… - Samantha Shannon
Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take m…
I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager. - Samantha Shannon
I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and… - Samantha Shannon
I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkiens legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and…
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