The Gold-Son Quotes

“He didn't care now, not while the world wore such incredibly bright colors. Not while his blood sang the song of the stars inside his veins.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“The fever lit on the town of Loughgillan like a flock of Death's own crows, at first perching wherever their talons could grip easily--upon the very old and the very young. And then, the birds seemed to settle anywhere and everywhere.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Better to be cautious than dead for the rest of your life,” Master Rafferty said as he resumed his work.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“When the gold lust came, it hit him hard, like an unexpected left hook to the nose followed by a punch in the gut. The world swayed before his eyes as he stopped to lean against the churchyard’s stone wall.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Last—and most of all—I offer thanks to God: keeper of promises, healer of broken hearts, redeemer of lost causes, and the one who loves you and me more than we could ever deserve or imagine.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Gold was sweet, but its thrill never lasted, and it would never love him back, no matter how devoted he was to it.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Perhaps that was why she couldn’t stop thinking of him; he’d reminded her that she was neither invisible nor insignificant. He’d offered her hope and asked for nothing in return.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“He ran from who he was and what he’d done—and what he knew he’d do again, like it or not.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Besides, she had no desire to be entangled with anyone. She’d never been free in her life, and she meant to taste freedom. To gulp it down by the barrelful.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Besides, she had no desire to be entangled with anyone. She’d never been free in her life, and she meant to taste freedom.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Rainbows would never spring from a crock full of credit cards or computer printouts.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son

“Tommin shivered as he returned to his workbench, feeling Lorcan Reilly's gaze on the back of his head like a slow-creeping spider.”
― Carrie Anne Noble, The Gold-Son