Quotes by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

Explore a curated collection of 29 quotes by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections-sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Life is a perpetual yesterday for us. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Nothing is ever certain. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
He would find his Susie,inside his young son. Give that love to the living. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
I was like I was in science class: I was curious. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart opening — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
What I think was hardest for me to realize was that he had tried each time to stop himself. He had killed animals, takin — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
In the fall he picked up his phone one afternoon to hear Grandma Lynn.'Jack,' my grandmother announced, 'I am thinking o — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
That night my mother had what she considered a wonderful dream. She dreamed of the country of India, where she had never — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
This little girl's grown up by now," she said.Almost.Not quite.I wish you all a long and happy life. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
He hadn't woken a day since my death when the day wasn’t something to get through. But the truth was, the memorial servi — 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. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Samuel walked out to Lindsey then, and there she was in his arms, my sweet butterball babe, born ten years after my four — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
We lay there with our bodies touching, and as I shook, a powerful knowledge took hold. He had done this thing to me and — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow. — Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones