Mark Kurlansky

The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

Dreams are not so different from deeds as some may think. All the deeds of men are only dreams at first. And in the end, their deeds dissolve into dreams.

Salt, Jones argued, is often associated with fertility.

Homer calls it a divine substance,

Plato describes it as especially dear to the Gods

The Romans, Jones pointed out, called a man in love salax, in a salted state, which is the origin of the word salacious.

story of a quest for wealth, given enough time, will always seem like the vain pursuit of a mirage.