Geode Quotes

“Frasier stepped in and reached for a wall switch. A crystal light fixture popped on, raining down variegated light. The building revealed itself to be like a geode---rocky on the outside but sparkling with unexpected decadence inside.
It was small, just one room. The furniture was covered with white sheets, but everything else she could see was lovely---the golden parquet floor, the whitewashed rafters, and the long kitchen counter on the far wall, which sported kitschy, pale pink appliances.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds: A Novel

“Yesterday it had been a single chocolate orb that shattered with the tap of a knife, revealing shards of crystallized whiteness. "Chocolate-menthol geode," Hector had said, and watched them piercingly as they ate, the chocolate melting on their tongues while the menthol rose in vapors straight towards the tops of their skulls.”
― Michelle Wildgen, Bread and Butter