Tane Quotes

“You have ambition, Tané. Never apologise for that.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Are you afraid?'
'Of course.'
'Good. Fear will make you fight. Don't let a silly little shit like Turosa get the better of you, whoever his mother is.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Remember, Tané, that a sword does not need to be whetted at all hour to keep it sharp.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Sea sisters, Susa had called them once. Two pearls formed in the same oyster.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“She had not been human in that final hour. Just a paper lantern, thin and wind-torn, clinging to the flickering remnants of a soul. Yet when there was no more to climb, and she had looked up and seen nothing but the terrible beauty of the sky, she had found the strength to rise.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree