House of Salt and Sorrows Quotes

“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“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.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“It shouldn’t matter what your parents did, just what you do as a person.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Oh my darling Annaleigh, remember when you let the turtles go? Some things can't be kept." He cupped my cheek, and my tears trickled down his fingers. "Be brave. Be strong. You'll always have my whole heart.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“The euphoria was tangible: I could taste it in the air, the sweetness coating my mouth and going straight to my head like champagne.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“All my life has been moonlight and the stars. I can smell the sunlight racing through your veins from across a room. Sunlight and heat and salt. Always the salt,”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“You can’t change traditions just because you don’t like them.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“It still smelled like autumn here. Pine needles and cold, crisp air, bonfires and moldering leaves, the world dying as it readied to be reborn.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“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.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembers, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“When certain kinds of people get desperate enough, they're willing to do anything.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“We are born of salt and starlight.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“The High Mariner says Pontus created our islands and the people on them. He scooped salt from the ocean tides for strength. Into that was mixed the cunning of a bull shark and the beauty of the moon jellyfish. He added the seahorse’s fidelity and the curiosity of a porpoise. When his creation was molded just so—two arms, two legs, a head, and a heart—Pontus breathed some of his own life into it, making the first People of the Salt. So when we die, we can’t be buried in the ground. We slip back into the water and are home.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Her eyes raced over us, counting. "So our son would be ninth in line, even though he's a boy? You never mentioned anything about this."
His eyebrows furrowed. "I didn't realize I needed to.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Of all the wishes tonight, yours was almost the loudest, nearly the most hopeful." He smiled. "The second easiest to grant."
"Almost?"
"There was only one louder," he murmured as his lips descended once more. "Mine.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“A midsummer’s night, when the sky is full of sparkling stars and fireflies.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“I think you get to a certain point in life when ghosts are no longer fun. When the people you love die…like my father, your mother and sisters…the thought that they could be trapped here…it’s unbearable, isn’t it? I can’t imagine a worse fate.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide, / Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.’ ”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Regret was the darkest nightmare of all”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“All my years of imagining you,” he murmured, leaving a trail of kisses across my face, “and you are so much more than I ever could have dreamt of…You smell like sunlight,” he whispered against my mouth.
“Sunlight has a smell?” I asked, gasping as he planted a kiss in the hollow of my throat.
“Oh yes,” he assured me. “All my life has been moonlight and the stars. I can smell the sunlight racing through your veins from across a room. Sunlight and heat and salt. Always the salt.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Skies like this were made to be kissed under.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“ ‘I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide, / Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.’ ”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Every Thaumas child learned to read their way across the constellations before every picking up a book of letters.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Before he could stop me, I turned on my heel and sprinted back to the safety of my dinghy. I needed to be out on the water, out among the waves. I needed the sea breezes to push the building panic from me, needed the rhythmic pull of the ocean swells to set my mind right again.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Regret." I [Annaleigh] smiled, though it wasn't funny. "Is that really a nightmare?"
"Can you think of anything more frightening?" [Cassius]”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“What secrets of hers did this man keep?”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“When his creation was molded just so - two arms, two legs, a head, and a heart - Pontus breathed some of his own life into it, making the first People of the Salt. So when we die, we can't be buried in the ground. We slip back into the water and are home.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Mama said brushing your hair before bed not only left it radiant but also helped untangle pent-up thoughts from the day, ensuring relaxed and peaceful slumber.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows