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“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections-sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent-that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.”
Alice Sebold
“Samuel walked out to Lindsey then, and there she was in his arms, my sweet butterball babe, born ten years after my fourteen years on Earth: Abigail Suzanne. Little Susie to me. Samuel placed Susie on a blanket near the flowers. And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: "booze affects material as it does people.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would stop at an outdoor cafe for a cup of coffee, and look down at her skirt and see the dark traces of spilled vodka or whiskey. The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: 'booze affects material as it does people'.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“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, The Lovely Bones“Placing blame was easier than adding up the mounting figures of what he'd lost.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“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.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.”
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones“How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.”
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