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> [“And then I realize I am the writer. I don't mean because I write. I mean because we all write our own lives. Scheherazade's greatest piece of storytelling is not the stories she tells, but the story she lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/and-then-i-realize-i-am-the-writer-i-don-t-mean-because-i-write-i/)

Samantha Ellis

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## More by Samantha Ellis

> [“And then I realize I am the writer. I don't mean because I write. I mean because we all write our own lives. Scheherazade's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/and-then-i-realize-i-am-the-writer-i-don-t-mean-because-i-write-i/)

Samantha Ellis

> [“For a moment I have the alarming thought that maybe I want heroines so I can be their best friend and loyal sidekick without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/for-a-moment-i-have-the-alarming-thought-that-maybe-i-want-heroines/)

Samantha Ellis

> [“...all readings are provisional, and that maybe we read heroines for what we need from them at the time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/all-readings-are-provisional-and-that-maybe-we-read-heroines-for-what/)

Samantha Ellis

> [“I wanted a love so intense it could send me into a brain fever or cause the man who loved me to gnash his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-ellis/i-wanted-a-love-so-intense-it-could-send-me-into-a-brain-fever-or/)

Samantha Ellis

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