Salt Bones Quotes

“A small town will make monsters everywhere. That part Mal had always understood.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“People need to see a body to grieve well and let go. They need to see the bones.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“Humans hate being in the dark, don’t we?’ Griselda says. ‘We’re such curious animals.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“Her daughter’s body will not be sluiced from the water. She will not salt the earth with her daughter’s bones.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“No hay paz cuando una familia has split itself into pieces, even for one another.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“Every moment as a mother has felt like tending a fickle garden. Too little water, and they wilt from neglect—just as Mal did under Mami’s inattention. But just as overwatering a succulent can drown it, too much affection can be a burden.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones

“Intergenerational trauma is like a train leaving the station against our will—it keeps barreling relentlessly down the tracks.”
― Jennifer Givhan, Salt Bones