Silver And Gold Quotes

“It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.”
― Anthony Liccione

“Silver is cool and hard and poised like he is, like the reflection of a full moon glowing off the surface of a lake. Gold is warm and bright and soft like she is, like the sun shining over endless fields with the promise of summer.”
― Katrina Kwan

“I wished for a girl and I wanted to name her Oria. But my parents were right. I should have waited.”
The little silver dragon has crawled back onto my chest. “I think it’s a good name.”
“Murphy, I’m not calling a silver-coated dragon a name meaning golden.”
Oria scales my shoulder. “She overcame her golden egg. It’s ironic.” I tilt and look upward at Oria, who is now trying to climb my head. “Oria, what do you think?”
She coos, using my ear as a step stool to conquer the hill that is my body.
“See?”
“And what do you suggest we name this one?” She cradles the golden boy. “Zilar?”
She’s picked one of the most overused boy names meaning silver. I still like it. “Sounds good to me.”
“Your kids one day are going to have the most unfortunate names, aren’t they?”
“Well, maybe my future wife will have compiled a longer list.”
She throws hay in my direction. It lands halfway, on the alloy baby, unbothered and chewing gold.
We look at one another at the same time. “Electrum,” we say simultaneously. Farren proceeds to topple over laughing. “Now, that’s bad.”
“It’s on the nose, but he is literally a silver-and-gold alloy,” I defend.”
― Dana Swift, When Dealing With Dragons