Top 500 Shannon Messenger Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Need an elixir for the pain? I’m sure we have some.” He grabbed her hand to stop her fussing. “I’m all good now, Foster. Unless you want to try kissing it to make it better.”

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202. “Remember, Krakie’s got your back,” Keefe told her as she lay still, letting Elwin check for signs of setbacks. “And so does Fluffy,” he added, pinning a Prattles T. rex next to the kraken on her bandaged hand. “Dude, enough with the cutesy pin names,” Ro told him. “Never!” Keefe said, adding a verminion he called Cheeky. “You’ve got this, Foster.”

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203. “And Keefe had gilded all of his secret memories – which made Sophie very tempted to grab the gold journal and teleport away before he could catch her. Somehow she found the willpower to resist.”

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204. “My theory is that Keefe made one too many jokes about Fitzphie, and Sophie finally threw him off a cliff,” Tam told Marella, careful to keep his voice low.”

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205. “So she closed her eyes and pressed her lips against his.”

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206. “That’s right – I heard you were going to be part of a multispeciesial bodyguarding experiment,” Keefe said. “Please tell me you’re going to make them wear glittery armor that says Fearsome Foster Five!”

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207. “Ugh, I should’ve known Bangs Boy was going to be a part of this,” Keefe grumbled. “And I’m assuming by ‘talked,’ you mean one of your Look-at-my-fancy-Telepath-tricks! kind of chats, right? Mommy Dearest didn’t send him to deliver a special message, did she?” He sat up straighter. “Wait. He didn’t blow up anything, did he?”

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208. “Expect rules – lots of rules – which absolutely must be followed, regardless of how unfair or bizarre they may seem. Names are forbidden. Friendship is forbidden. Talking or interaction of any kind is forbidden. Refusing an order or an assignment is – ” “Let me guess,” Keefe jumped in. “Forbidden?”

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209. “Personal stuff is my specialty! Need some smooching advice? Because you’re probably overthinking it. You just – ” “NO!” Sophie interrupted, definitely not wanting to hear the end of that sentence.”

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210. “Both Fintan and Councillor Kenric never made it out of the tower.”

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211. “Grady, did you know Sandor and Grizel have been sneaking off for snuggle time?” Grady wheeled toward Sandor. “I’d wondered if there was something going on with you two. Glad to hear it!” Sandor flushed pink from head to toe.”

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212. “Ro blinked. “Wow! Okay – I officially take back every bad thing I’ve ever said about your Councillors! They’re my heroes! All hail the sparkle-fied twelve for breaking up the Great Fitzphie!”

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213. “And now I need you to promise something to me. Don’t worry, I won’t tell you not to take risks, or not to worry about us, or any other impossible things. I just need you to promise that you’ll never give up. No matter how hard it gets. Or how hopeless it feels. Never, ever give up.” “I won’t if you won’t,” Sophie whispered. “Never,” Edaline promised.”

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214. “Keefe smeared his blood across the smooth panel. But a metallic click echoed through the dark instead. A lock clicking into place. Lady Gisela stepped back, shaking her hair out of her eyes. “Finally done.” The.”

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215. “Silveny confirmed that she hadn’t told anyone about the baby – not even Greyfell, which earned her a lecture about telling the daddy.”

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216. “Mallowmelt turned out to be a gooey.”

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217. “But we’re just kids she thought For the moment yes But we are talking about the future You really think we’ll still need a Black Swan that many years from now Yes I believe we will always need a Black Swan The world has gotten too complicated to leave any one group solely in charge There needs to be a system of checks and balances We do hope to someday work hand in hand with the Council But even if that never happens we should be there to keep them honest.”

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218. “You changed Iggy’s color?” she asked, heading over to his cage, where, sure enough, the tiny imp had yet another new look. His neatly trimmed, gold, sparkly fur was now a much poofier ice blue with tiny crimps. “Huh, I figured he’d be pink and purple,” Sophie admitted, pointing to Ro’s colorful pigtails. Ro tossed her head, swishing her hair in the process. “Uh, no, I’m not sharing my fabulous style with anyone – much less a creature who spent the last hour eating his own toenails.”

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219. “The wind – or maybe Keefe – must’ve thrown back his father’s hood. But it wasn’t his father facing him. It was Lady Gisela. Keefe’s mom.”

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220. “Fitz? What kind of name was Fitz?”

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221. “STOP!′ Keefe held up his hands. ‘Ground rules for this conversation: All talk of alicorn baby-making is off the table – got it? Otherwise I’ll have to rip my ears off.”

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222. “When she couldn’t stall any longer, she tilted up on her toes and leaned in, lingering a hairsbreadth away, so he’d have the option of pushing her back if he wanted. He didn’t. So she closed her eyes and pressed her lips against his.”

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223. “But he was also the boy who’d shown up on her class field trip and shown her where she really belonged. The one who’d let her cry on his shoulder when she had to leave her family, and who’d gone out searching for her in the middle of nowhere, just because he’d heard her voice in his head.”

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224. “I am,” Dex said, as Linh asked, “Did Fitzphie become an actual thing?”

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225. “She wasn’t sure who cheered louder, Grady and Edaline – or Dex.”

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226. “That might be older than Bronte. But not older than Fallon Vacker, our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.”

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227. “Keefe sounded horrified at the idea of a long family day. But Sophie was happy for him. Maybe his parents were finally realizing how awesome their son was.”

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228. “Gethen clicked his tongue. “So he says. But you know better, don’t you, Fitz? You’ve known all along that something didn’t add up – and no one would listen to you, would they? How frustrating that must’ve been. Even Sophie hasn’t believed you, has she? And we all know how much you rely on her. All this time, you were right. Is that what you want to hear?”

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229. “She pulled her shoulder-length blond hair around her face, wishing she could hide behind it. This is exactly the kind of attention she went out of her way to avoid. Why she wore dull colors and lurked in the back, blocked by the other kids who were at least a foot taller than her. It was the only way to survive as a twelve year old in high school.”

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230. “Ugh, now I get why Keefe was always going on about this one,” the figure to Gethen’s right grumbled. “They both think they’re so clever.”

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231. “Having a family crest meant a lot to a girl who’d been adopted.”

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232. “He grabbed her arms to steady her. “It’s ok, Sophie. I’m here to help you. We’ve been looking for you for twelve years.”

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233. “Wow,” Fitz breathed, and Sophie hoped he meant the river trick – but it was hard to tell with the way he was staring at Linh.”

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234. “It’s lonely speaking a language few others understand, isn’t it?”

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235. “But your dad’s enjoying it. He’s been rigging traps.”

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236. “Family doesn’t decide who we are, we do. -Keefe Sencen.”

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237. “Dreams beckoned, and she let them guide her to that hazy line between present and past. Thought and memory.”

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238. “STOP!” Keefe held up his hands. “Ground rules for this conversation: All talk of alicorn baby-making is off the table – got it? Otherwise I’ll have to rip my ears off. And for the record, I do not want to be there when Baby Glitterbutt arrives.”

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239. “Spoiler alert: Apparently, alicorn vomit was just as sparkly as their poop.”

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240. “Ugh, don’t even get me started,” Tam grumbled. “Our real family name is supposed to be Tong. But my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother started calling herself Lady Song, and when she registered her daughter, she put that as the surname – and it’s been passed down ever since.”

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241. “Sophie fought off her smile as Fitz kicked the sand, stirring up a coppery cloud. He was so determined to be angry that it was honestly kind of adorable.”

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242. “Until he was right in front of her, his lips curling with the world’s saddest smile. “Back to nervous habits, huh?” he asked as he brushed a fallen eyelash off her cheek. “It’s been a rough few weeks,” she whispered. “Yeah. It really has.” He blew the eyelash away and she wondered if he’d made a wish – until she remembered that elves didn’t have silly superstitions like that. She.”

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243. “Is that what you want? To be the official Keeper of all the Lost Cities’ secrets?”

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244. “Embrace the sparkles, Foster,” Keefe told her. “They look good on you.”

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245. “When he came back empty-handed, I slapped him so hard he had my handprint on his cheek for three days.”

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246. “Safety is an illusion. It exists only when we, as a society, agree to enforce it.”

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247. “She wasn’t the same girl she’d been the year before, who though failing out of Foxfire would be the end of the world. Now she’d been kidnapped, presumed dead, banished from the Lost Cities, and helped stop a plague from killing off the entire gnomish species. She’d even snuck into the ogres’ capital and helped destroy half the city – which happened to be why the Council was struggling to negotiated a new elvin-ogre treaty.”

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248. “Sophie tugged out a loose eyelash-a nervous habit-and started at her feet.”

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249. “In every photo her face looked scrunched with concentration, like she was trying to make sense of the world. Or maybe she’d been pooping. With babies, it was hard to tell.”

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250. “She was amazed Silveny had even let them get close enough to attach the reins. Clearly she needed to teach the glittering horse how to recognize pure evil.”

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