Heaven Quotes by Alice Sebold

“Heaven wasn't perfect.”

— Alice Sebold

There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.

— Alice Sebold

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.

— Alice Sebold

“I was a soul back on Earth. AWOL a little while from heaven.”

— Alice Sebold

“Almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend, or even a stranger who was once…

— Alice Sebold

How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.

— Alice Sebold

As she stood in the darkened room and watched my sister and father, I knew one of things that heaven meant. I…

— Alice Sebold

To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual…

— Alice Sebold

For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil.…

— Alice Sebold

“After a few days in heaven, I realized that the javelin-throwers and the shot-putters and the boys who played basketball on the…

— Alice Sebold

She was unaware that she was somewhat of a celebrity up in heaven. I had told people about her, what she did,…

— Alice Sebold

Sometimes Holly seemed like she wasn't paying attention, and other times she was gone when I went looking for her. That was…

— Alice Sebold

“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way…

— Alice Sebold

“If I walked too far and wondered loud enough the fields would change. I could look down and see horse corn and…

— Alice Sebold

“Do you ever think of her?' she asked. They were quiet again. All the time,' Ruth said. A chill ran down my…

— Alice Sebold

Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the…

— Alice Sebold

Almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend or even a stranger who was once…

— Alice Sebold