Alice Sebold
Alice Sebold
Alice Seboldis an American writer. She has published three books: Lucky, The Lovely Bones, and The Almost Moon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth6 September 1963
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
dynamic hard relationship work
We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.
comics mostly
I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.
joys understanding
To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things.
gradually
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.
censored weirder
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?
calling harder might work
I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.
save-yourself
You save yourself or you remain unsaved.
kissing destiny firsts
Your first kiss is destiny knocking.
bystanders friendly levels
I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.
listening input shy
I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.
missing-someone forever missing
I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever.
swings land rope
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.
ruth medical patches
Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.
special would-be horrible
He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you.