Salt Water Quotes

“Tears

The first woman who ever wept
was appalled at what stung
her eyes and ran down her cheeks.
Saltwater. Seawater.
How was it possible?
Hadn't she and the man
spent many days moving
upland to where the grass
flourished, where the stream
quenched their thirst with sweet water?
How could she have carried these sea drops
as if they were precious seeds;
where could she have stowed them?
She looked at the watchful gazelles
and the heavy-lidded frogs;
she looked at glass-eyed birds
and nervous, black-eyed mice.
None of them wept, not even the fish
that dripped in her hands when she caught them.
Not even the man. Only she
carried the sea inside her body.”
― Lisel Mueller, Alive Together

“Back before there was time, I lived with my father on an island, tucked away in an endless archipelago that reached up out of the cold salt water, hungry for air.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper

“Papa always says, you can fix soil, and you can build houses, but there's no point if the land don't have water.”
― Hope Larson, Salt Magic

“Cool water foamed over my toes, distracting me from the bird. For a moment I closed my eyes at the ecstasy of salt water on skin, at the persuasive music of the waves. The feeling was magic. Pure, powerful, irresistible magic.”
― Louisa Morgan, The Witch's Kind

“Don't be afraid of salt water because it won't drown you if you fall into it, but be afraid of fresh water because if you fall into it it will drown you with its sweetness.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“You would've found your way, Moana. You helped me remember we have salt water in our blood. We can never be lost on the ocean's waves. It will always draw us together." Moana cried freely as Afā began to glow, and she knew she was looking at his spirit now. He would disappear into the spirit realm to join their ancestors. "You are the culmination of all our people's hopes and dreams," Afā said, touching his forehead to hers. But there was no shared breath between them. Because this was not a greeting; this was a goodbye.
"I see our ancestors in you, Moana--- and they're proud of you. You've turned the tides of our island's future, and our ancestors know you're gonna teach future generations how to find their way. Remember, you're carrying our traditions on. You could never be a failure to them.”
― Keala Kendall, How Far I'll Go