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title: "8 Shadow Thought Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Shadow thought about how you made the moon seem to come out of the sky and become a silver dollar, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-thought-about-how-you-made-the-moon-seem-to-come-out-of-the/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [“As I slip in, I wonder whether, in ten years, I’ll hear a riff or an opening chord to one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-lauren/as-i-slip-in-i-wonder-whether-in-ten-years-i-ll-hear-a-riff-or-an/)

[Christina Lauren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-lauren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/christina-lauren-976_life_as-i-slip-in-i-wonder-whether-in-ten-yea_820255.jpg)

> [Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-had-heard-too-many-people-telling-each-other-not-to-repress/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef9/neil-gaiman-29_emotion_shadow-had-heard-too-many-people-telling_914534.jpg)

> [“every shadow of a thought or doubt.. crossed his face with the clarity of cloud shadows racing across the fields.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirk-bogarde/every-shadow-of-a-thought-or-doubt-crossed-his-face-with-the-clarity/)

[Dirk Bogarde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirk-bogarde/)

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> [“And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/and-yet-eomer-i-say-to-you-that-she-loves-you-more-truly-than-me-for-2/)

[J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/j-r-r-tolkien-204_brother_and-yet-eomer-i-say-to-you-that-she-love_1382246.jpg)

> [“I would be no more than a shadow of myself if I thought that I had truly lost you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lise-arin/i-would-be-no-more-than-a-shadow-of-myself-if-i-thought-that-i-had/)

[Lise Arin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lise-arin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/lise-arin-71472_historical-fiction_i-would-be-no-more-than-a-shadow-of-myse_1954401.jpg)

> [“Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. If you did it long enough and deep enough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-thought-there-was-a-lot-to-be-said-for-bottling-up-emotions-if/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/neil-gaiman-29_shadow_shadow-thought-there-was-a-lot-to-be-sai_2466519.jpg)

> [It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aragorn/it-is-but-a-shadow-and-a-thought-that-you-love-i-cannot-give-you-what/)

[Aragorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aragorn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/aragorn-26107_love_it-is-but-a-shadow-and-a-thought-that-yo_2781671.jpg)

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