--- title: "1 Saltwater Quotes By Hala Alyan" description: "1 Saltwater quotes by Hala Alyan. Plus more from Hala Alyan and more Saltwater sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/hala-alyan-26251_children_the-sea-was-like-another-member-of-the-h_2077754.jpg" --- > [“The sea was like another member of the household, a recalcitrant child at times, a soothing aunt at others. She crooned them awake; she crooned them to sleep. Everywhere, there was the smell of salt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/the-sea-was-like-another-member-of-the-household-a-recalcitrant-child/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/hala-alyan-26251_children_the-sea-was-like-another-member-of-the-h_2077754.jpg) ## More by Hala Alyan > [“The world was addicted to watching; over and over, they were reborn, made whole and silver and resplendent, only to crumple into themselves again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/the-world-was-addicted-to-watching-over-and-over-they-were-reborn/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“He can feel their eyes upon him. Poor innocent things, he thinks. What is a life? A series of yeses and noes, photographs you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/he-can-feel-their-eyes-upon-him-poor-innocent-things-he-thinks-what/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“It started off as ordinary, a little boy fretting. Abdullah asked only Riham, who’d become Mama, soothing him when he woke from nightmares. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/it-started-off-as-ordinary-a-little-boy-fretting-abdullah-asked-only/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“But he loves the mosque for its dusty smell, for the carpet prickling his feet, for the predictable hum of the muezzin more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/but-he-loves-the-mosque-for-its-dusty-smell-for-the-carpet-prickling/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“Atef wants to tell his children that they don’t understand, that their view from the sidelines is incomplete, that somehow in the murky cave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/atef-wants-to-tell-his-children-that-they-don-t-understand-that-their/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“Parallel lives, she sometimes thinks. It was a matter of parallel lives, one person having lamb for supper, the other cucumbers. With fate deciding,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/parallel-lives-she-sometimes-thinks-it-was-a-matter-of-parallel-lives/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“where your father was from. America wasn’t like that. You became what you coveted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/where-your-father-was-from-america-wasn-t-like-that-you-became-what/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“She feels the anger quiet into a briny resentment. The bitterness floats like an inkblot in her mind’s eye.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/she-feels-the-anger-quiet-into-a-briny-resentment-the-bitterness/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“It fascinates Manar—not just history”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/it-fascinates-manar-not-just-history/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“She winds her hair into a bun, tilts her long neck back, and parts her lips. It is like watching someone paint the sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/she-winds-her-hair-into-a-bun-tilts-her-long-neck-back-and-parts-her/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“grandmother’s building. When she was in bed sometimes, her small heart pounding just before she fell into sleep, she felt an endless plummet, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/grandmother-s-building-when-she-was-in-bed-sometimes-her-small-heart/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“That night, when she saw too late her mistake, all those moments that make love and destroy it. Her younger self, almost a mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/that-night-when-she-saw-too-late-her-mistake-all-those-moments-that/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“The sea was like another member of the household, a recalcitrant child at times, a soothing aunt at others. She crooned them awake; she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/the-sea-was-like-another-member-of-the-household-a-recalcitrant-child/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“America wasn’t like that. You became what you coveted. Memories were short. She met Mexicans, Germans, Libyans, who spoke accented English but responded, From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/america-wasn-t-like-that-you-became-what-you-coveted-memories-were/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) > [“It was Time, whirling her along, spinning, spinning, until it finally stopped, and she looked around, blinking, and she was thirty-two.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hala-alyan/it-was-time-whirling-her-along-spinning-spinning-until-it-finally/) [Hala Alyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hala-alyan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/saltwater/hala-alyan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Saltwater Quotes By Hala Alyan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The sea was like another member of the household, a recalcitrant child at times, a soothing aunt at others. 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