I want to lie down on the sandy ground and go to sleep for…

“Wanting is as bad as wishing, I suppose, if the one who wants does nothing. Or can do nothing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“Could I ever be as brave as the dream version of myself? I do not believe so.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“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…

— Carrie Anne Noble

“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…

— Carrie Anne Noble

“Wishing gets you nothing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“Nevertheless, I ask—because my heart and mind refuse to quit quarreling. Because love and truth are in a tangle that I wish to unravel.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“I roll over to face her. “What fun would the world be if everyone was sensible like me?” I say. “What fun would I…

— Carrie Anne Noble

“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

“Thought he must be a lunatic—or too fond of the Communion wine or some such thing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

“Come now,”Auntie says. “We must not dwell on what will or will not be. Today we have Christmas. Today is all we have, my…

— Carrie Anne Noble

“Rainbows would never spring from a crock full of credit cards or computer printouts.”

— Carrie Anne Noble