Mar 5, 2022
...and the kiss was hot and new and world-forming, the flare of starbirth on their lips. They were honeycombs of secret places, fragile and intricate.
Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
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...and the kiss was hot and new and world-forming, the flare of starbirth on their lips. They were honeycombs of secret places, fragile and intricate.
Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
'A woman is more than a womb to be seeded.'
- The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
ead goes from considering truyde a naïve fool to describing her as wise...
page 21: 'all stories grow from a seed of truth,' truyde said. 'they are knowledge after figuration.'
page 804: 'a wise young woman told me once that all legends grow from a seed of truth.'
"Do not follow stupid birds into dark places."
Aralaq, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
"Arteloth, we are courtiers. We have no useful instincts."
- Lord Kitston Glade, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
"I am no green child to believe what I am told without proof."
- Truyde utt Zeedeur, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
"That is the problem with stories, child. The truth in them cannot be weighed.'"
- The Prioress, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon
"You are a root, beloved. You must drink, or you will wither."
Chassar uq-Ispad,The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon