Scion London Quotes & Sayings

I like to imagine there were more of us in the beginning. Not many, I suppose. But more than there are now. — Samantha Shannon

Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak. — Heather Brooke

They'd branded me like some kind of animal.
Lower than an animal.
A number. — Samantha Shannon

If we then let the words of Christ abide in us, they will stir us up in prayer. — R.A. Torrey

I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private school for girls, leaving at sixteen to work. That was in the year 2056. AS 127, if you use the Scion calendar. — Samantha Shannon

Change is good, and ultimately, creating a new path at this point in my life is energizing, creative, and rejuvenating. — Tim Matheson

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks. — Daniel Kahneman

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. — Samantha Shannon

I am too sick to be out of bed, too crazy to sleep, and am surrounded by horrors. — Horace Greeley

Cin. Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets. — William Shakespeare

Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But we're out there.
Trust me. — Samantha Shannon

[I]n the long run it's worthwhile to see the manuscript as a text capable of improvement. — Barbara Sjoholm

Some nine years before, Mr. Tan Chay Yan, scion of a well-known Peranakan Chinese family of Malacca, had converted his pepper garden into a rubber plantation. In 1897 this had seemed like a mad thing to do. Everyone had advised against it: rubber was known to be a risk. Mr. Ridley, the curator of the Singapore Botanical Gardens, had been trying for years to interest British planters in giving rubber a try. The imperial authorities in London had spent a fortune in arranging to have seed stocks stolen from Brazil. — Amitav Ghosh