Some rumors said she was a demon from another world. Other rumors said she was death incarnate, someone to remind us of our misdeeds. But no one had said how beautiful she was. No one had mentioned her eyes. The ones that showed color only for a second. A hint of beauty in absolute blackness.
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ELAINE SHANNON I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was ... SHANNON HALE Water. Like a blanket. Dark. Intoxicating. Cold. SHANNON CELEBI I hate the word 'hippy'. I hate a lot of people, and hippies don't do that! SHANNON HOON I think I was always Shannon before the cancer and after. But I think it makes me live life a lot di... SHANNON DAVIS The star only rises at Nightfall... SHANNON MESSENGER That quote comes from introductory remarks. It was just an introduction but what the congressman exp... SHANNON FLAHERTY My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left hig... SAMANTHA SHANNON Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know abou... SHANNON HALE You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king. There is no such ... SHANNON HALE The first building she reached appeared to be an old barn. Only one young guard stood before its bo... SHANNON HALE Beauty's only skin deep. Everybody has ugly days. We're all made of the same stuff underne... SHANNON DELANY Marin is one of those silent leaders who lead just through sheer work ethic and by example. SHANNON MILLER It was kind of a surprise that he did it when he did it, ... I think that we're both definitely read... SHANNON MILLER Gymnastics has helped me so much, how to be dedicated to something, how to work hard to acheive your... SHANNON MILLER When I worry about things going on in the world and keeping me safe and my fiancé safe, I worry abo... SHANNON ELIZABETH He coaches a lot, too, because he is such a good actor. SHANNON ELIZABETH I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ... SHANNON HALE I looked in Malibu, the Palisades and all over Santa Monica, and I ended up wanting to be in a busy ... SHANNON MICHELLE This is inexcusable! I have Shannon in great shape. We were back in the gym three days after the Mer... SHANNON BRIGGS There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't contr... SHANNON HOON I wanted a mom to walk in this door and feel like she had whatever she needed. SHANNON KENITZ We came back this year and I finally realized how much we actually lost. We had to completely start ... JODI SHANNON I hate the word 'hippy'. I hate a lot of people, and hippies don't do that! SHANNON HOON Our strength is in our live shows and it's not like we're too good to play anywhere. SHANNON HOON I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs. SHANNON HOON At the end of the 15th year, the county would reimburse Scripps the total expended on the premium, w... SHANNON LAROCQUE I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does someth... SHANNON ELIZABETH I have been trying to find gas masks for dogs. I have a vet friend who said that somebody in his off... SHANNON ELIZABETH [County Commissioner J. Bracken Burns estimated that the unknown opponent spent $100,000 on a campai... SHANNON BURNS And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to... SHANNON MILLER I have a phobia of anything that doesn't die in the microwave after five seconds. SHANNON HOON by staring at light bulbs during games. The light contracted his pupils, making his reactions harder... CLAUDE SHANNON Infinity decided to go another way, plain and simple, MIKE SHANNON This has nothing to do with KMOX, ... They've been great and will continue to be great. It's Infinit... MIKE SHANNON I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machin... CLAUDE SHANNON We really tried to find where we had some duplication of services. It was one of our lesser-used fac... SHANNON MILLER I was probably pretty frustrating to work with, because if I ever did anything wrong, I would just s... SHANNON MILLER I take a totally different approach to a lot of things now, school and my social life come before gy... SHANNON MILLER We have to get jobs to support ourselves. We can't sit around for six months like it's vacation. SHANNON MILLER (The referees) made a call that put us on penalty-kill and our whole team knew that we shouldn't be ... SHANNON MILLER I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done. SHANNON HOON