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Alice Sebold quotes: But she was waiting patiently. She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything. At seventy she had come to believe in time alone. But she was waiting patiently. She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything. At seventy she had come to believe in time alone.
Alice Sebold quotes: Had my brother really seen me somehow, or was he merely a boy telling beautiful lies? Had my brother really seen me somehow, or was he merely a boy telling beautiful lies?
Alice Sebold quotes: If I shut my eyes, I believed, I would disappear. To make it through, I had to be present the whole time. If I shut my eyes, I believed, I would disappear. To make it through, I had to be present the whole time.
Alice Sebold quotes: There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child. There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.
Alice Sebold quotes: Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to. Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to.
Alice Sebold quotes: He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you. He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you.
Alice Sebold quotes: Ll you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why, it will come. Ll you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why, it will come.
Alice Sebold quotes: I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever. I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever.
Alice Sebold quotes: Then a little voice in him said, Let go, let go, let go Then a little voice in him said, Let go, let go, let go
Alice Sebold quotes: Hey, Ocean Eyes," my father said. "Where'd you go on us? Hey, Ocean Eyes," my father said. "Where'd you go on us?
Alice Sebold quotes: If you chose to go into someone else's reality, you had to be willing to walk. There were no shortcuts. If you chose to go into someone else's reality, you had to be willing to walk. There were no shortcuts.
Alice Sebold quotes: I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines. I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.
Alice Sebold quotes: Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet. Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.
Alice Sebold quotes: Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living. Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.
Alice Sebold quotes: If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee. If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee.
Alice Sebold quotes: Our heartache poured into one another like water from cup to cup. Our heartache poured into one another like water from cup to cup.
Alice Sebold quotes: Her brain was a storm, her usual insight gone. Her brain was a storm, her usual insight gone.
Alice Sebold quotes: If I was aware I would have to tie laces I would not have been able to put my feet into socks. If I was aware I would have to tie laces I would not have been able to put my feet into socks.
Alice Sebold quotes: She had a stare that stretched to infinity. She had a stare that stretched to infinity.
Alice Sebold quotes: Exactly,' she said, and made her point as simply as that. There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.~pg 8 Exactly,' she said, and made her point as simply as that. There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.

~pg 8
Alice Sebold quotes: greatest hope. Last night it had been my father who'd greatest hope. Last night it had been my father who'd
Alice Sebold quotes: Something so divine that no one up in heaven could have made it up; the care a child took with an adult. Something so divine that no one up in heaven could have made it up; the care a child took with an adult.
Alice Sebold quotes: I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something. I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.
Alice Sebold quotes: When was it all right to let go not only of the dead but of the living - to learn to accept? When was it all right to let go not only of the dead but of the living - to learn to accept?
Alice Sebold quotes: I felt like observing my way out of there, but I didn't. I felt like observing my way out of there, but I didn't.
Alice Sebold quotes: Well, as my dad would say, it means she's out of this shithole. Well, as my dad would say, it means she's out of this shithole.
Alice Sebold quotes: You're not supposed to look back, you're supposed to keep going. You're not supposed to look back, you're supposed to keep going.
Alice Sebold quotes: I forgive you, I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death. I forgive you, I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death.
Alice Sebold quotes: Heaven wasn't perfect. Heaven wasn't perfect.
Alice Sebold quotes: How to Commit the Perfect Murder was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away. How to Commit the Perfect Murder was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.
Alice Sebold quotes: I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement. I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.
Alice Sebold quotes: Fucking bastards are simple by nature. Fucking bastards are simple by nature.
Alice Sebold quotes: My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered. My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.
Alice Sebold quotes: How can I be expected to be trapped for the rest of my life by a man frozen in time? How can I be expected to be trapped for the rest of my life by a man frozen in time?
Alice Sebold quotes: I never let myself yearn for Buckley, afraid he might see my image in a mirror or a bottle cap. Like everyone else I was trying to protect him. I never let myself yearn for Buckley, afraid he might see my image in a mirror or a bottle cap. Like everyone else I was trying to protect him.
Alice Sebold quotes: The living deserve attention, too The living deserve attention, too
Alice Sebold quotes: I was raised by a solitary woman to be a solitary child, and that was, I now saw, what I had hopelessly become. I was raised by a solitary woman to be a solitary child, and that was, I now saw, what I had hopelessly become.
Alice Sebold quotes: You save yourself or you remain unsaved. You save yourself or you remain unsaved.
Alice Sebold quotes: People grow up by living. People grow up by living.
Alice Sebold quotes: She thought of sex as the Star Trek transport.You vaporized and found yourself navigating another planet within the second or two it took to realign. She thought of sex as the Star Trek transport.You vaporized and found yourself navigating another planet within the second or two it took to realign.
Alice Sebold quotes: How could it be that you could love someone so much and keep it secret from yourself as you woke daily so far from home? How could it be that you could love someone so much and keep it secret from yourself as you woke daily so far from home?
Alice Sebold quotes: I wasn't lost, or frozen, or gone ... I was alive; I was alive in my own perfect world. I wasn't lost, or frozen, or gone ... I was alive; I was alive in my own perfect world.
Alice Sebold quotes: I wanted to be a novelist for so long. I wanted to be a novelist for so long.
Alice Sebold quotes: Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that. Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.
Alice Sebold quotes: When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily
Alice Sebold quotes: I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline. I'd like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It's been my private discipline.
Alice Sebold quotes: A father's suspicion...' she began.Is as powerful as a mother's intuition.'~pg 87, Ruana Singh and Jack Salmon A father's suspicion...' she began.
Is as powerful as a mother's intuition.'


~pg 87, Ruana Singh and Jack Salmon
Alice Sebold quotes: Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination. Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination.
Alice Sebold quotes: So much in life is about almosts, not quites. So much in life is about almosts, not quites.
Alice Sebold quotes: I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality. I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality.
Alice Sebold quotes: Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time. Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.
Alice Sebold quotes: Please don't let Daddy die Susie," he whispered. "I need him. Please don't let Daddy die Susie," he whispered. "I need him.
Alice Sebold quotes: Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman. Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman.
Alice Sebold quotes: I have a lot to be grateful for. I have a lot to be grateful for.
Alice Sebold quotes: Where you can live at the edge of your skin for as long as you wish. Where you can live at the edge of your skin for as long as you wish.
Alice Sebold quotes: I was a soul back on Earth. AWOL a little while from heaven. I was a soul back on Earth. AWOL a little while from heaven.
Alice Sebold quotes: She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything. She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything.
Alice Sebold quotes: When they reached the lobby and the doors opened I knew they were meant to be there, the four of them, alone. When they reached the lobby and the doors opened I knew they were meant to be there, the four of them, alone.
Alice Sebold quotes: In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap. In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual'; I thought it was all crap.
Alice Sebold quotes: All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why really know it will come. All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why
really know
it will come.
Alice Sebold quotes: Nothing is ever certain. Nothing is ever certain.
Alice Sebold quotes: Susie?" "Yes?" "Just have fun, kid. Susie?" "Yes?" "Just have fun, kid.
Alice Sebold quotes: His cruelty was in his absence. His cruelty was in his absence.
Alice Sebold quotes: As she brought prospective buyers through, the realtor said it was an oil stain, but it was me, seeping out of the bag. As she brought prospective buyers through, the realtor said it was an oil stain, but it was me, seeping out of the bag.
Alice Sebold quotes: You're dead and you have to accept it. You're dead and you have to accept it.
Alice Sebold quotes: I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously. I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.
Alice Sebold quotes: I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself. I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.
Alice Sebold quotes: That I wanted more. That night I dreamed of kissing her again and wondered if she was thinking the same thing. That I wanted more. That night I dreamed of kissing her again and wondered if she was thinking the same thing.
Alice Sebold quotes: I left my mark on that man. I left my mark on that man.
Alice Sebold quotes: It was ugly and precious all at once. It was ugly and precious all at once.
Alice Sebold quotes: The shadow of years was not as big on his small body. He knew I was away . But when people left they always came back. The shadow of years was not as big on his small body. He knew I was away . But when people left they always came back.
Alice Sebold quotes: I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet. I'm gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they're all free and clear, I'll write a comedy. But I'm not there yet.
Alice Sebold quotes: I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things. I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.
Alice Sebold quotes: But, he also said it because part of him wanted more of her, this cold woman who was not exactly cold, this rock who was not stone. But, he also said it because part of him wanted more of her, this cold woman who was not exactly cold, this rock who was not stone.
Alice Sebold quotes: The damage can fester under layers of time and change, and an ignorant, thoughtless remark can easily reopen the wound. The damage can fester under layers of time and change, and an ignorant, thoughtless remark can easily reopen the wound.
Alice Sebold quotes: I had wondered if all mothers shared a fear of how vibrant and alive their children were. I had wondered if all mothers shared a fear of how vibrant and alive their children were.
Alice Sebold quotes: Between a man and a woman there was always one person who was stronger than the other one. That doesn't mean the weaker one doesn't love the stronger. Between a man and a woman there was always one person who was stronger than the other one. That doesn't mean the weaker one doesn't love the stronger.
Alice Sebold quotes: Placing blame was easier than adding up the mounting figures of what he'd lost. Placing blame was easier than adding up the mounting figures of what he'd lost.
Alice Sebold quotes: I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs. I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.
Alice Sebold quotes: Finally, I thought, I had reached the future that was no future. Finally, I thought, I had reached the future that was no future.
Alice Sebold quotes: She was hollow and lost and abandoned up. She was hollow and lost and abandoned up.
Alice Sebold quotes: You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate. You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.
Alice Sebold quotes: I was here for a moment, and then I was gone. I wish you all a long and happy life. I was here for a moment, and then I was gone. I wish you all a long and happy life.
Alice Sebold quotes: I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe. I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.
Alice Sebold quotes: Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them. Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.
Alice Sebold quotes: I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M. I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M.
Alice Sebold quotes: He took the hat from my mouth. 'Tell me you love me', he said. Gently I did. The end came anyway He took the hat from my mouth. 'Tell me you love me', he said. Gently I did. The end came anyway
Alice Sebold quotes: But I had made contact with a different planet from the one my parents or sister lived on. It was a planet where an act of violence changed your life. But I had made contact with a different planet from the one my parents or sister lived on. It was a planet where an act of violence changed your life.
Alice Sebold quotes: He had been my almost. My might-have-been.I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss. Still, I collected kiss stories. -Susie Salmon He had been my almost. My might-have-been.
I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss.
Still, I collected kiss stories.
-Susie Salmon
Alice Sebold quotes: Every day a question mark. Every day a question mark.
Alice Sebold quotes: I feel like I'm standing in the wake of a volcano erruption. I feel like I'm standing in the wake of a volcano erruption.
Alice Sebold quotes: The fine wall of leaden crystal that had protected her heart - somehow numbed her into disbelief - shattered. The fine wall of leaden crystal that had protected her heart - somehow numbed her into disbelief - shattered.
Alice Sebold quotes: Do you know how alone I've always felt? Do you know how alone I've always felt?
Alice Sebold quotes: I could not imagine my youngest standing above her soiled grandmother in the wing chair and saying, "mother, let's kill her. "That's the only choice. I could not imagine my youngest standing above her soiled grandmother in the wing chair and saying, "mother, let's kill her. "That's the only choice.
Alice Sebold quotes: I knew my mother's limitations because they formed the marrow of my bones. I knew my mother's limitations because they formed the marrow of my bones.
Alice Sebold quotes: I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand
Alice Sebold quotes: As if in the other side of his kiss there could ve a new life As if in the other side of his kiss there could ve a new life
Alice Sebold quotes: Your sordid life is your sordid life. You shouldn't live it if you don't like it. Your sordid life is your sordid life. You shouldn't live it if you don't like it.
Alice Sebold quotes: The living room seemed to be where no living ever actually occurred. The living room seemed to be where no living ever actually occurred.
Alice Sebold quotes: Try to breathe, he said, and for the first time the only thought in my head after an instruction like that wasn't Fuck you.I breathed. Try to breathe, he said, and for the first time the only thought in my head after an instruction like that wasn't Fuck you.
I breathed.

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