All That Glitters Quotes

“We're all hoping that the remains of the Nueva Cadiz haven't been moved by the storm out of Rafe's lease sites.
"If they have been," Tia says, "I'll go out at night and move them back, piece by piece.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“Mama and Nathan lean on me a lot, but they give me a lot of rope, too. Maybe too much."
"Maybe," I say. "I can shorten it for you.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“I walk with Rafe to the End of the Rainbow. With his wild ginger hair and beard flattened by the rain, he looks like a wet haystack.
He catches me grinning at him. "Well, you don't look like any GQ guy yourself," he says, and then we're laughing like maniacs while the rain pours down on us.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“This guy is a real pain. I want to remind him that we're the good guys. We're not up at 4 a.m. because we like the way it feels.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“Right, right," I say, knowing that, one, I'll never be anywhere near one hundred and seventy feet deep, and two, I'll never forget I can't breathe without air.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“Tia seems to have swallowed a cup of electricity for breakfast. She's jittery, pacing, talking too fast.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“Maybe speech has been an evolutionary mistake; maybe everybody would get along better if we couldn't talk to each other.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“She looks like an advertisement for vitamins that make you sullen.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters

“You hungry yet? Personally, I could eat this dock without even syrup.”
― Jean Ferris, All That Glitters