Salt Quotes

“wherever you go, be there. You’ll be somewhere else soon enough.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“Accuracy is the soul of scholarship”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“We cannot learn what we do not know we do not know,”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“I can’t control much, but I can choose whether or not to be afraid.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“It’s almost impossible to learn what we aren’t aware that we don’t know.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“River’s like a woman, lad. Beautiful, sometimes capricious. Sometimes deadly. Treat it with respect and it’ll care for you in return.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“Tanan shrugged. “Maybe nothing, but two rich old men waving carrots might have more success than four river rats waving sticks.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“There is much for you to learn, Sukhetai, and most of it is about yourself.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“The grasses spoke of this storm,” she said. “The wind carried that message back to your high oyuun, and she sent her geese to me.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“Great Sky Above, I hope so.” Qara couldn’t quite relax her scrunched-up nose. “It smells like a dead polecat’s armpit down there.”
― E.J. Lowell, Salt

“He’s a pole pusher for now. Ride him any harder, I’ll start pushing poles myself and you won’t like where.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“I’m no sir. Capt’n is sir. Al-Harradi is sir. I’m just yes.” He raised his eyebrows. “Got it?”
― Nathan Lowell , Salt

“The captain is expecting you—and his palm has already been oiled, so don’t let him hijack you for more.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“If the king cannot shoulder the burdens of the crown, he has no business taking the crown at all.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“I’ve done what I can, but the spirits have much they wish to teach you,” she said. “Be careful out there, Sukhetai.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“Unaccompanied and unmarried, mothers found him irresistible and the perfect match for their unwed daughters—most of whom Tanan found completely resistible.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt

“That’s the difficult question, Your Highness. It’s almost impossible to learn what we aren’t aware that we don’t know.”
― Nathan Lowell, Salt