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“A woman is more than a womb to be seeded.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Their breaths were hushed, held in anticipation of a knock on the door, a key in the lock, a torch to bare their union. It would light a flame of scandal, and the fire would rise untill it scorched them both. But Ead called fire her friend, and she would plunge into the furnace for Sabran Berthnet, for just one night with her. Let them come with their swords and their torches. Let them come.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“I am not your queen, but I am yours.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“No women should be made to fear that she was not enough”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree