The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

by Nghi Vo

Accuracy above all things. You will never remember the great if you do not remember the small.

Sometimes the things we see do not make sense until many years have gone by. Sometimes it takes generations. We are taught to be content with that.”

We may think that the sun will never rise at midnight, but it has been known to happen.”

“As you live with anything, I suspect. You bear it, or you end it. So far, we have proved equal to bearing it.”

“The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind.”

Honor is a light that brings trouble. Shadows are safer by far.”