Nothing’s worse than a story without an end.
Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season.
“I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.”
“This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands. It couldn't stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.”
“Paige, you will have two tasks tonight, he said, turning to face me. Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?Not likely, I said, but let'...”
“I looked at him and he looked at me. A moment. A choice. My choice. His choice.”
“Nothings worse than a story without an end.”
“Paige, you will have two tasks tonight,” he said, turning to face me. “Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?”“Not likely,” I said, “bu...”
“You get use to someonestart to like them, evenand they leave. In the end, everyone leaves.”
“My fear for you outweighs my fear of him, he said simply. And I told you, didnt I? If you left, Id follow you.But should you try to leave on your own, know that I will go to the ends of the earth t...”
“In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete Drawn only to be washed away For the time that I've been given I am what I am”
“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”
“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”