“later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.”
“Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices.”
“Punctuality is one of the minor virtues which we do not acquire until later in life.”
“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.”
“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.”
“He is so beautiful that he makes a part of my soul weep. I don't understand those tears. They aren't like the ones I cry for Alina. They aren't made of water and salt. I think they're made of blood.”