Top 500 Shannon Messenger Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “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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252. “Ugh, anyone else ready to vomit from the Fitzphie?” Keefe asked.”

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253. “Wait for the morning, when you can regroup with your friends and the seven of you can start scheming together.”

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

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255. “Nothing says ‘no big deal’ like having my sorta ex-fiancee help me put my pants on.”

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256. “She knew everyone needed her to be brave. But she needed to stay far, far away.”

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

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258. “It’s nice to get a break from my parents.”

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259. “Easy. You’ll say, ‘Wow, that’s the hottest Wanderling I’ve ever seen! Who knew a tree could have awesome hair?’ And then you’ll all sit under my stunning leaves and write poems about my general amazingness.”

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260. “That’s why the sedative I’m taking makes me dream about glitter and dancing.”

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261. “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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262. “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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263. “Dex was the boy who’d tackled the kidnappers so she could try to get away. He’d suffered in silence as they burned him over and over because he didn’t want them to do it to her. He was her first friend – her best friend – and he just wanted to keep her safe.”

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264. “And to be glad to wake up and find people in her room, instead of dancing anthropomorphic animals.”

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265. “I don’t know where I’m going but it’s time to find my peace.”

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266. “Does it have to do with the scrolls I saw you reading through my Spyball,” Sophie asked. Edaline.”

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267. “I stare outside the cave, at the stars slowly peeking out of the velvety black. I’m not sure why I always turn to them, all they give are tiny pricks of twinkling light, barely enough to make a dent in the darkness. But they’re always there. Holding their own, guiding everyone until sunrise. And the sun always rises.”

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268. “Related image... I had too much fun with Photoshop...”

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269. “He turned away and his hands grabbed something. A tiny purple Albertosaurus, and the note she’d given him with it. If she could’ve felt her chest, her heart would’ve skipped a beat.”

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270. “There wasn’t a single gown in the mix, which automatically earned Sophie’s undying devotion. But more important: There were so. Many. Pockets.”

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271. “Evil is better than dead, Mr. Sencen. Evil can change. Though neither is in your power.”

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272. “Then again, she also wasn’t sure how having Councillors who were a Vociferator, a Conjurer, and an Empath was going to do her group a whole lot of good – and she really wished she could think of an unsuspicious way to trade Councillor Lyingcurls to the other group.”

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273. “But at least this place has dinosaurs.”

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274. “Most of it was boring stuff. Complaints he was getting about tomorrow’s healing. Something about Grady not making any progress on the dwarves. But there was one thing I knew I had to tell you. A goblin patrol found some new tracks outside the Sanctuary. They were far away from the gates, and whoever made them was only there briefly. But one of the footprints definitely belonged to an ogre.”

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275. “I don’t want another bodyguard. I want you.”

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276. “Hey there, Glitterbutt,” he said. “Glad to know you missed me.”

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277. “Sophie turned to him, so relieved to see his beautiful eyes staring at her that she didn’t care he’d been eavesdropping.”

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

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279. “In fact, most of the great human innovations of the last few centuries happened under elvin tutelage. Electricity. Penicillin. Chocolate cake.”

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280. “I know that I was a total jerk for a few weeks. But I do trust you,” Fitz told Sophie. “I hope you trust me.”

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281. “He sighed. There you go being all practical and wise. Hey, one of us has to be. He laughed at that – and reached over to give her ponytail a playful tug.”

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282. “Keefe was going to slay her over this.”

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283. “My involvement with the Black Swan is usually more hands off. But today I must play babysitter, so I get to be this.” He waved his hands at his fur before going back to scratching, and Sophie got a feeling she wasn’t going to be a fan of Coiffe.”

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284. “He cleared his throat. “You know I blame you for what happened to my dad- and I can’t promise I’m ever going to stop. But... I think I finally get why he sacrificed himself for you. What you just did in there- sending that message around the world. And the way everyone was looking to you... they all believe in you.”

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285. “I never knew I needed a lot of things until I met you.”

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286. “Sophie wished the Black Swan had given her laser eyes so she could skewer Keefe with her death glare.”

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287. “But from now on, count on me not letting you out of my sight.”

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288. “His floating thoughts made it clear how determined he was to protect her. It made her heart somehow both light and heavy at the same time.”

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289. “Ordinarily, I’d be skeptical,” he said, smoothing the edges of his simple gray cloak. “But you’ve always had a gift for making the impossible possible, so I guess we’ll find out – assuming you’re still up for it.”

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290. “It’s just hard not to want it all sometimes, you know?”

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291. “No matter how many times the elves explained the “illumination in a darkened world” analogy, she would never stop thinking it was weird to have a school named after glowing fungus.”

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292. “He tapped a rapid rhythm against the metal, and thousands more cities appeared across the parts of the map that had previously been empty, most scrunched so closely together that their labels overlapped in a tangle of letters. But Sophie could still tell she was looking at the Forbidden Cities. Human cities.”

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293. “None of it had caused even the tiniest flashback.”

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294. “Uh, the Vane I know could barely control his farts, much less the wind.”

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295. “The air was somehow both disgustingly sour and cloyingly sweet, like curdled milk stirred with extra-sugary frosting. And it felt thicker, like Sophie could chew her breath – which was not a pleasant sensation.”

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296. “Keefe gave her another reassuring shoulder pat – but when she flung the pillow aside and buried her face in her hands, she heard him growl something that sounded like “screw it.” Then his arms wrapped around her and she sank into the hug, not realizing she was crying until she felt her tears soak into his tunic.”

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297. “But something about the way Grady was smiling at them made Sophie’s cheeks feel hot. Dex must’ve noticed it too, because his face was bright red as he mumbled some excuse about his parents worrying if he wasn’t home soon, and quickly leaped out of there.”

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298. “The teasing tone faded from his voice, replaced with something that made Sophie very aware of how close they were standing.”

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299. “Gethen shouted threats as they left, but the warnings were as empty as his sandy cell. His final words to Keefe were the only ones with any impact. “You’re choosing the wrong side, boy. You’ll regret it when you see your mother’s vision realized. But then it’ll be too late.”

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300. “I want it to be you.”

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