“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”
“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the salt sea.”
“On and on we seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their deaths count.”
“Do you know a cure for me?""Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water.""Salt water?" I asked him."Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
“the water of the lagoon was warm as blood, salt as tears, and astonishingly clear”
“Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.”