House Of Salt And Sorrows Quotes
"We, the People of the Salt, commit this body back to the sea."
"We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return."
"My family and I invite you to join us now at Highmoor for a celebration of her life."
"The High Mariner says Pontus created our islands and the people on them."
"Just push me into the sea and return me to the Salt."
"I think, of all the mourners here today, their tears were the biggest."
"I’d rather stay up here with you, truth be told. I never know what I ought to say at these things."
"But this is what you do when someone dies. You can’t change traditions just because you don’t like them."
"I could understand why the others died. Each death was horrible and sad, but there was a reason for it. But Eulalie…what was she even doing out there?"
"Annaleigh, you’re out of line. Apologize immediately."
"It's not very usual to see pretty young ladies falling from cliffs, is it?"
"I wouldn’t dream of keeping something that didn’t belong to me."
"That doesn’t matter. It shouldn’t matter what your parents did, just what you do as a person."
"Flushed with starlight and moonlight drowned, All the dreamers are castle-bound."
"At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind, Revealing fantasies soft or unkind."
"Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams. Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen."
"The sky is full of sparkling stars and fireflies."
"The euphoria was tangible: I could taste it in the air, the sweetness coating my mouth and going straight to my head like champagne."
"The air smelled darker here, heavily perfumed with blackened resin, musk, and burning incense."
"This was far grander than anything we Thaumas girls had ever seen."
"You’re the daughter of a duke," I whispered to myself. "You belong here."
"I wondered how loudly I might shriek if one suddenly came to life."
"Music swelled somewhere to our left. The orchestra was readying for the first number."
"Without you, Verity, we'd just have this awful sadness in our lives. You brought us joy."
"We who make our homes on the Salann Islands are a proud people, ruled over by a proud god. We are born of salt and starlight."
"Let us now drink to that, to remember where we come from and where—Pontus willing—we shall return."
"Growing one baby is hard enough, and she’s got two."
"I need to go in there. To go upstairs. Fisher, you have to help me!"
"I want to find out who did this to her. Who…murdered her."
"You can’t possibly be going dancing tonight."
"It was upsetting. It’s not as though people hurl to their deaths every time I make a trip to the market."
"Let’s take a break from the dancing—Just this week, so we can be well rested and focus on making this run as smoothly as possible."
"We, the People of the Salt, commit these bodies back to the sea."
"My heart soared, so full of hope I thought it might burst."
"It was very peaceful. And they were together. I don’t think they were scared or sad."
"My sisters’ ghosts had convinced me Fisher’s theory was true."
"Have you ever made a wish on the first evening star?"
"I too want to be liked for who I really am. Not all this."
"You were right, back in the solarium. I shouldn’t have known your sisters’ names."
"Mother was gone quite a bit, looking after all this. And there was no one there who was like me."
"Ava said you were about my age, a little younger, maybe. She said you loved to play the piano."
"Your sisters are in the Brine, happy and at peace. They’re not trapped here, with unfinished business."
"If you come with me, you can release yours there too. I wouldn’t mind if our wishes got twisted up in each other."
"All my life has been moonlight and the stars. I can smell the sunlight racing through your veins from across a room."
"I’ll take you, if you like. At the two solstices, crowds come to the abbey to celebrate the night."
"I explored every inch of the Brine, talking to whomever I came across, listening to their stories."
"I just realized—you’ve been using this door to go to parties…you’re dancing through the shoes!"
"They light paper lanterns, sending them floating into the sky. They glow and sparkle, drifting higher and higher until they join the heavens."
"I’ve met them…and I can promise you—they are not ghosts."
"I was never in Pelage. Someone…something might have been using my face to get closer to you."
"You have to wait for mine to be lit, and Annaleigh's."
"Then, on the count of three, we'll release them. One…two…Three!"
"Every time you see a shooting star, you can be happy because someone's wish is being returned to them."
"Of all the wishes tonight, yours was almost the loudest, nearly the most hopeful."
"I never thought one little tweet could change the world, but it certainly did mine."
"Thank you for believing in me, for making me a tasty breakfast every morning."
"I’m so blessed to have you for my husband and best friend."
"Thank you for never telling me my dreams were too big or wild."