Alice Sebold quotes - page 2

I forgive you," I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death. (Alice Sebold)
After telling the hard facts to anyone from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes. Often it is awe or admiration, sometimes it is repulsion, once or twice it has been fury hurled directly at me for reasons I remain unsure of. View quote
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I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality. View quote
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I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines. View quote
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Murder had a blood red door on the other side of which was everything unimaginable to everyone. View quote
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She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything. View quote
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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. View quote
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You look invincible,' my mother said one night. I loved these times, when we seemed to feel the same thing. I turned to her, wrapped in my thin gown, and said: I am. View quote
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Nothing is ever certain. View quote
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There's no condition one adjusts to so quickly as a state of war. View quote
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I had rescued the moment by using my camera and in that way had found how to stop time and hold it. No one could take that image away from me because I owned it. (Alice Sebold)
Hey, Ocean Eyes,” my father said. "Where'd you go on us? View quote
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All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why -- really know -- it will come. View quote
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Last night it had been my father who had finally said it: "She's never coming home." A clear and easy piece of truth that everyone who had ever known me had accepted. But he needed to say it, and she needed to hear him say it. View quote
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Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow. View quote
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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. View quote
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When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go? View quote
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Well, as my dad would say, it means she's out of this shithole. View quote
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And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be. View quote
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Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman. View quote
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I left my mark on that man. (Alice Sebold)
The moon is whole all the time, but we can't always see it. What we see is an almost moon or not-quite moon. The rest is hiding just out of view, but there's only one moon, so we follow it in the sky. We plan our lives based on its rhythms and tides. View quote
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As she brought prospective buyers through, the realtor said it was an oil stain, but it was me, seeping out of the bag. View quote
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My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered. View quote
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She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity. View quote
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