Quote by Alice McDermott

“I was in the deep water. It was dark and unclear and the taste of the salt was in my mouth.”

— Raymond Chandler

“You are the salt of the earth. But remember that salt is useful when in association, but useless in isolation.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Salt is like good humor, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“My name is Salt. I'm the reason there is salt in the sea.”

— Mugison

“He embodied what he worshipped, the exquisite in the commonplace…salt for the spirit.”

— Philip Levine

“The man was right who said that salt water was a cure for everything...in one of three forms, tears, sweat, or the sea.”

— Arthur Gordon

“Salinas for the alkali which was white as salt.”

— John Steinbeck

“I'm about as scientific as a saltine”

— Charlaine Harris

“What was it Isak Dinesen had said about salt as a cure? Tears, sweat, or the sea. She could use a cure.”

— Nina Post

“More salt on the places that never healed.”

— Holly Green

“His pale irises had grown as dark as his intentions, lids heavy.”

— Cara McKenna

“[N]obody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.”

— Rebecca West