The Salt Maiden Quotes

“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it "Because it is bitter, `And because it is my heart."
Stephen Crane,
"The Black Riders and Other Lines”
― Colleen Thompson, The Salt Maiden