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title: "1 Instead Seven Quotes By Samantha Shannon"
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> [In 2011, I did an internship in Seven Dials, a junction in London where seven roads come together. I'd given up on writing after multiple rejections for my first novel, and I was starting to consider a career in publishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/in-2011-i-did-an-internship-in-seven-dials-a-junction-in-london-where/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

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## More by Samantha Shannon

> [I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-do-not-know-what-i-can-do-for-this-world-but-i-will-not-let-any/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I think our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/j-k-rowling-is-one-of-my-favourite-authors-and-i-really-admire-how/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/not-all-of-us-know-what-we-are-some-of-us-die-without-ever-knowing/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [“it still amused me that criminals had laws.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/it-still-amused-me-that-criminals-had-laws/)

[samantha shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-ve-been-writing-since-i-was-about-thirteen-but-didn-t-start-a-book/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/writing-a-novel-is-like-knocking-on-a-door-that-will-never-open-you/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/nothing-s-worse-than-a-story-without-an-end/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-was-a-shy-child-and-when-i-was-13-i-started-wearing-braces-on-my/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-was-not-a-rebellious-teenager-i-was-a-sit-in-your-room-teenager/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [“I thought of all the years I had spent thinking about him, wondering if he would ever come back to me. And I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-thought-of-all-the-years-i-had-spent-thinking-about-him-wondering/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [“I am not your queen,' Sabran whispered over her skin, 'but I am yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-am-not-your-queen-sabran-whispered-over-her-skin-but-i-am-yours/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-know-what-i-want-to-achieve-in-each-book-and-the-major-points-but-i/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/i-would-never-see-him-again-but-as-i-watched-the-tunnel-race-before/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/whenever-anyone-calls-me-the-new-j-k-rowling-i-think-what-s-wrong/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

> [My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-shannon/my-father-thought-i-would-lead-a-simple-life-that-i-was-bright-but/)

[Samantha Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-shannon/)

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