Quotes of Erin A. Craig

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“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“Flushed with starlight and moonlight drowned,All the dreamers are castle-bound.At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind,Revealing fantasies soft or unkind.Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams.Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“It shouldn’t matter what your parents did, just what you do as a person.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“Oh my darling Annaleigh, remember when you let the turtles go? Some things can't be kept." He cupped my cheek, and my tears trickled down his fingers. "Be brave. Be strong. You'll always have my whole heart.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“The euphoria was tangible: I could taste it in the air, the sweetness coating my mouth and going straight to my head like champagne.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“All my life has been moonlight and the stars. I can smell the sunlight racing through your veins from across a room. Sunlight and heat and salt. Always the salt,” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“You can’t change traditions just because you don’t like them.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“There's a power in names, don't you think? Once your name is given away, you can't help but be pulled along by those who have it.” ― Erin A. Craig, Small Favors
“All the dreamers are castle-bound. At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind, Revealing fantasies soft or unkind. Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams. Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“It still smelled like autumn here. Pine needles and cold, crisp air, bonfires and moldering leaves, the world dying as it readied to be reborn.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembers, and talked about for years. Skies like this were meant to be kissed under.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“When certain kinds of people get desperate enough, they're willing to do anything.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“Her eyes raced over us, counting. "So our son would be ninth in line, even though he's a boy? You never mentioned anything about this."His eyebrows furrowed. "I didn't realize I needed to.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“The High Mariner says Pontus created our islands and the people on them. He scooped salt from the ocean tides for strength. Into that was mixed the cunning of a bull shark and the beauty of the moon jellyfish. He added the seahorse’s fidelity and the curiosity of a porpoise. When his creation was molded just so—two arms, two legs, a head, and a heart—Pontus breathed some of his own life into it, making the first People of the Salt. So when we die, we can’t be buried in the ground. We slip back into the water and are home.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide, / Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.’ ” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“I think you get to a certain point in life when ghosts are no longer fun. When the people you love die…like my father, your mother and sisters…the thought that they could be trapped here…it’s unbearable, isn’t it? I can’t imagine a worse fate.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
“A midsummer’s night, when the sky is full of sparkling stars and fireflies.” ― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows
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Erin A. Craig

#1 New York Times bestselling author Erin A. Craig has always loved telling stories.After getting her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, in Theatre Design and Production, she stage managed tragic operas with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, the…

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