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“There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

“You can never want too much. That’s how they silence us,” I said. “They told us we were lucky to be in the penal colony instead of the æther. Lucky to be murdered with NiteKind, not the noose. Lucky to be alive, even if we weren’t free. They told us to stop wanting more than what they gave us, because what they gave us was more than we deserved.” I picked up my jacket. “You’re not a prisoner any more, Arcturus.” Warden looked at me in silence. I left him in that ruined hall with the music echoing above him.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order

“Change a word or two, even a single letter, and you change the entire story.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order

“I am of the considered opinion that for every person, there exists a book that will sing to them. I trust that you will find yours.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Mask Falling