Book detail: Vein of Iron is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
In this gripping tale, a young protagonist navigates a harsh, iron-dependent society, facing challenges and power struggles that test their resolve and resourcefulness.
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“To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.”
“Energy had fastened upon her like a disease.”
“True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.”
“If broken hearts could kill, the earth would be as dead as the moon.”
“Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.”
“Happiness is a hardy annual.”
“Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.”
“a self-made martyr is a poor thing.”
“There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.”
“there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.”
“I'm not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.”
“That was the worst of being poor, you couldn't give the right things in sickness.”