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21 " In order to remain a human you'd have to tie your life to an immortal. I may not be the god of a river, a mountain, or a lake but I am a god, and I would tie my life to yours, if you'll have me "
― Axie Oh , The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
22 " Shim Cheong might be the most beautiful girl in the village but her face is a curse. "
23 " In another life, you might have found a more welcome shore than this. As it is, the sea is dark and the Sea God sleeps, and the shore is too far to reach. "
24 " The elders say Shim Cheong was fashioned by the Goddess of Creation to be the Sea God’s final bride, the one to ease all his sorrows and usher in a new era of peace in the kingdom. She has skin forged from the purest of pearls. She has hair stitched from the deepest night. She has lips colored by the blood of men. "
25 " Wait for me," he says, "where the land meets the sea. "
26 " You make me believe in wonders. "
27 " What happened on that cliff so long ago that left an emperor murdered, two worlds torn apart, and a kingdom cursed for a hundred years? "
28 " Don’t be foolish, girl. Nothing in this world is ever freely given. "
29 " I apologize for many things, but mostly I apologize for making the weight you carry a little heavier. "
30 " I am like the other brides. I know what it is to love someone you would do anything to protect. Who are you to say what my fate is- if I am to fail, or if I am to succeed? My fate is not yours to decide, my fate belongs to me. "
31 " And there is no hope, because love can’t be bought or earned or even prayed for. It must be freely given. And I have given my heart to someone, but he is not the Sea God. "
32 " The Sea God isn't angry, Mina. He's lost. He's waiting, in his palace far beyond this world, for someone brave enough to find him. "
33 " Every year the storms begin, and every year a girl is brought to the sea. I can’t help wondering if Shim Cheong believes in the myth of the Sea God’s bride. If she’ll find comfort in it before the end. "
34 " Except for Joon. My fierce, stubborn fool of a brother, who stands as if he can single-handedly protect his love from the Sea God’s wrath. "
35 " What would the world be like without the Sea God? Would we still suffer the storms that rise out of nothing to wreck our boats and drown our fields? Would we still suffer the loss of our loved ones to famine and sickness, because the lesser gods can’t or won’t hear our prayers, fearful as they are of the Sea God’s wrath? "
36 " I am the maker of my own destiny. "
37 " Humans tell myths to explain what they cannot understand. "
38 " To blame the gods is to blame the land itself. Look upon your reflection to find your enemy. "
39 " My love for you is endless. Deep and endless, like the sea. "
40 " I was twelve years old, and I could feel the hours of our childhood slipping through my fingers like sand in the sea. "