Samantha Shannon

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

— Samantha Shannon

J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I…

— Samantha Shannon

Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get…

— Samantha Shannon

“it still amused me that criminals had laws.”

— 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…

— Samantha Shannon

Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will…

— Samantha Shannon

Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.

— Samantha Shannon

I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely…

— Samantha Shannon

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

— Samantha Shannon

“I thought of all the years I had spent thinking about him, wondering if he would ever come back to me. And…

— Samantha Shannon

“I am not your queen,' Sabran whispered over her skin, 'but I am yours.”

— 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…

— Samantha Shannon

I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing:…

— Samantha Shannon

Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'

— Samantha Shannon

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at…

— Samantha Shannon

It is a strange world, Oxford - quite claustrophobic. I was often glad I was only there for eight weeks at a…

— Samantha Shannon

I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my…

— Samantha Shannon

I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private…

— Samantha Shannon

his thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies

— Samantha Shannon

Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.

— Samantha Shannon

“I do.” He was clearly amused by my disdain. “We have only been speaking for two minutes, Paige. Try not to waste…

— Samantha Shannon

I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.

— Samantha Shannon

People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel…

— Samantha Shannon

“No, Paige. I am trying to help you.” “Go to hell.” “I already exist on a level of hell.” “Exist on one…

— Samantha Shannon

London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net.…

— Samantha Shannon