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Alice Sebold Quotes

I’d like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It’s been my private discipline Picture Quote #1

There was one thing my murderer didn’t understand; he didn’t understand how much a father could love his child Picture Quote #1

For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isn’t about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You’re not supposed to look back, you’re supposed to keep going Picture Quote #1

One thing about failing repeatedly: If you’re still doing it after you’ve failed that much, you really mean it Picture Quote #1

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You save yourself or you remain unsaved Picture Quote #1

Nothing is ever certain Picture Quote #1

Since then I’ve always thought that under rape in the dictionary it should tell the truth. It is not just forcible intercourse; rape means to inhabit and destroy everything Picture Quote #1

I’m just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That’s my level of involvement Picture Quote #1

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn’t it weirder to want to be like everyone else? Picture Quote #1

Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination Picture Quote #1

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Life is a perpetual yesterday for us Picture Quote #1

Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman Picture Quote #1

Your first kiss is destiny knocking Picture Quote #1

I left my mark on that man Picture Quote #1

I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn’t my calling card Picture Quote #1

Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions Picture Quote #1

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Who would have thought something that happened that long ago could have such power? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had Picture Quote #1

I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things Picture Quote #1

I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines Picture Quote #1

I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand Picture Quote #1

The dead are never exactly seen by the living, but many people seem acutely aware of something changed around them. They speak of a chill in the air. The mates of the deceased wake from dreams and see a figure standing at the end of thier bed, or in a doorway, or boarding, phantomlike, a city bus Picture Quote #1

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Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those around her, and learned how to display them proudly Picture Quote #1

And there she was, alone and walking out in the cornfield while everyone else I cared for sat together in one room. She would always feel me and think of me. I could see that, but there was no longer anything I could do. Ruth had been a girl haunted and now she would be a woman haunted. First by accident and now by choice. All of it, the story of my life and death, was hers if she chose tot ell it, even to one person at a time Picture Quote #1

When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was Picture Quote #1

There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart opening and closing with the rapidity of stops on an instrument, the quiet felt closures, the ghostly fingering, practice and practice and then, incredibly, sound and melody and warmth Picture Quote #1

Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In violence it is the getting out that you concentrate on. When you begin to go over the edge, life receding from you as a boat recedes inevitably from the shore, you hold on to death tightly, like a rope that will transport you, and you swing out on it, hoping to land away from where you are Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I’d like to go back to poetry again. I really, really revere good poetry. It’s been my private discipline. (Alice Sebold Quotes) There was one thing my murderer didn’t understand; he didn’t understand how much a father could love his child. (Alice Sebold Quotes) For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isn’t about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again. (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. (Alice Sebold Quotes) You’re not supposed to look back, you’re supposed to keep going (Alice Sebold Quotes) One thing about failing repeatedly: If you’re still doing it after you’ve failed that much, you really mean it. (Alice Sebold Quotes) You save yourself or you remain unsaved (Alice Sebold Quotes) Nothing is ever certain (Alice Sebold Quotes) Since then I’ve always thought that under rape in the dictionary it should tell the truth. It is not just forcible intercourse; rape means to inhabit and destroy everything. (Alice Sebold Quotes) I’m just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That’s my level of involvement. (Alice Sebold Quotes) I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn’t it weirder to want to be like everyone else? (Alice Sebold Quotes) Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination (Alice Sebold Quotes) Life is a perpetual yesterday for us (Alice Sebold Quotes) Loss could be used as a measure of beauty in a woman (Alice Sebold Quotes) Your first kiss is destiny knocking (Alice Sebold Quotes) I left my mark on that man (Alice Sebold Quotes) I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn’t my calling card (Alice Sebold Quotes) Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions (Alice Sebold Quotes) Who would have thought something that happened that long ago could have such power? (Alice Sebold Quotes) Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had (Alice Sebold Quotes) I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things (Alice Sebold Quotes) I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines (Alice Sebold Quotes) I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand (Alice Sebold Quotes) The dead are never exactly seen by the living, but many people seem acutely aware of something changed around them. They speak of a chill in the air. The mates of the deceased wake from dreams and see a figure standing at the end of thier bed, or in a doorway, or boarding, phantomlike, a city bus (Alice Sebold Quotes) Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those around her, and learned how to display them proudly (Alice Sebold Quotes) And there she was, alone and walking out in the cornfield while everyone else I cared for sat together in one room. She would always feel me and think of me. I could see that, but there was no longer anything I could do. Ruth had been a girl haunted and now she would be a woman haunted. First by accident and now by choice. All of it, the story of my life and death, was hers if she chose tot ell it, even to one person at a time (Alice Sebold Quotes) When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was (Alice Sebold Quotes) There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart opening and closing with the rapidity of stops on an instrument, the quiet felt closures, the ghostly fingering, practice and practice and then, incredibly, sound and melody and warmth (Alice Sebold Quotes) Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In violence it is the getting out that you concentrate on. When you begin to go over the edge, life receding from you as a boat recedes inevitably from the shore, you hold on to death tightly, like a rope that will transport you, and you swing out on it, hoping to land away from where you are (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 (Alice Sebold Quotes)

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