Sarah C Patten Quotes Quotes

“Betrayal, it was the most solitary word of all, beyond abandonment, beyond torture, beyond hatred. It was the human act that cut the most deeply, splintering north from south and east from west.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold

“They had spent whole summers collecting other ingredients from the forest— micah, chalk, the resin of a pine tree, lichen, some wax, and a drop of dew. After a long and belabored search, Penelope had even discovered some locust wings in the piles of dust beneath her father’s unkempt desk. She had been mixing strange scientific and alchemical potions with her father for as long as she could remember.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold

“The golden pill was more solvent than medicine, dissolving self, reversing the tide of opposites, like only knowing the alphabet from finish to start, z to a.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold

“Happiness was not the only virtue. After all, loneliness wrote great symphonies and could paint masterpieces. It was the imperfections and miseries that necessitated the magic.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold

“He touched Penelope’s hand, confiscating her gaze for a private, burning second, making her feel taller and more beautiful. 'Is this what love does?' She wondered.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold

“It was a simple truth. She thought of Lucien and of his love of Isaac Newton. She remember Newton’s deeply held mistrust of people. He was an introvert and a private man who never traveled far from his birthplace. While Newton experienced so much celestial wonder, he mostly kept to himself. In fact, it was believed that throughout his life, he never fell in love.”
― Sarah C. Patten, The Measure of Gold