--- title: "6 Salmon Quotes By Alice Sebold" description: "6 Salmon quotes by Alice Sebold. Plus more from Alice Sebold and more Salmon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/alice-sebold-999_fish_my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-n_240954.jpg" --- > [“My name was Salmon like the fish, first name Susie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-name-susie/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/alice-sebold-999_fish_my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-n_240954.jpg) > [My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/my-name-is-salmon-like-the-fish-first-name-susie-i-was-fourteen-when/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/alice-sebold-999_firsts_my-name-is-salmon-like-the-fish-first-na_301563.jpg) > [He had been my almost. My might-have-been. I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss. Still, I collected kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/he-had-been-my-almost-my-might-have-been-i-was-afraid-of-what-i/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/alice-sebold-999_afraid_he-had-been-my-almost-my-might-have-been_2612050.jpg) > [I was in the air around him. I was in the cold mornings he had now. I was in the quiet time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-was-in-the-air-around-him-i-was-in-the-cold-mornings-he-had-now-i/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10c/alice-sebold-999_air_i-was-in-the-air-around-him-i-was-in-the_2689863.jpg) > [I fell in love with you again; While you were away - Jack Salmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-fell-in-love-with-you-again-while-you-were-away-jack-salmon/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/alice-sebold-999_away_i-fell-in-love-with-you-again-while-you_2778895.jpg) > [A father's suspicion...' she began. Is as powerful as a mother's intuition.' ~pg 87, Ruana Singh and Jack Salmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/a-father-s-suspicion-she-began-is-as-powerful-as-a-mother-s-intuition/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/alice-sebold-999_father_a-father-s-suspicion-she-began-is-as-pow_2879188.jpg) ## Other authors on Salmon ## More by Alice Sebold > [Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/now-i-am-in-the-place-i-call-this-wide-wide-heaven-because-it/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [I left my mark on that man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-left-my-mark-on-that-man/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [These things, she felt, were not to be passed around like disingenuous party favors. She kept an honor code with her journals and her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/these-things-she-felt-were-not-to-be-passed-around-like-disingenuous/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you-gain-distance-on-something/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [I was like I was in science class: I was curious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-was-like-i-was-in-science-class-i-was-curious/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [“There are secret rooms inside us,” I had said to my therapist. “A relatively benign construct,” he said, and so I did not bother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/there-are-secret-rooms-inside-us-i-had-said-to-my-therapist-a/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [“This is just a temporary hell, not a permanent one”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/this-is-just-a-temporary-hell-not-a-permanent-one/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [“And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way to heaven.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/and-a-soul-would-run-by-a-living-being-touch-them-softly-on-the/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [As if in the other side of his kiss there could ve a new life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/as-if-in-the-other-side-of-his-kiss-there-could-ve-a-new-life/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [“My little brother's greatest fear was that the one person who meant so much to him would go away. He loved Lindsey and Grandma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/my-little-brother-s-greatest-fear-was-that-the-one-person-who-meant/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [“She listened for the pain in my words, not to the narrative itself. She was intuiting what it meant to me, what was most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/she-listened-for-the-pain-in-my-words-not-to-the-narrative-itself-she/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/the-relationship-with-the-words-someone-uses-is-more-intimate-and/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [Ruth hadn't talked to my sister since before my death, and then it was only to excuse herself in the hallway at school. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/ruth-hadn-t-talked-to-my-sister-since-before-my-death-and-then-it-was/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/since-then-i-ve-always-thought-that-under-rape-in-the-dictionary-it/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) > [I live in a world where two truths coexist: where both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-live-in-a-world-where-two-truths-coexist-where-both-hell-and-hope/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/salmon/alice-sebold/#itemlist", "name": "6 Salmon Quotes By Alice Sebold", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My name was Salmon like the fish, first name Susie.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Sebold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-name-susie/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/alice-sebold-999_fish_my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-n_240954.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/alice-sebold-999_fish_my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-n_240954.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/alice-sebold-999_fish_my-name-was-salmon-like-the-fish-first-n_240954.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My name was Salmon like the fish, first name Susie.” — Alice Sebold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. 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