--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Alice Sebold" description: "14 Way quotes by Alice Sebold. Plus more from Alice Sebold and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you_1123234.jpg" --- > [I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you-gain-distance-on-something/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you_1123234.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-yo_80199.jpg) > [I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-think-understanding-is-the-way-to-gain-perspective-and-therefore/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/alice-sebold-999_among_i-think-understanding-is-the-way-to-gain_1525514.jpg) > [Well, it's my voice, so it's more accessible that way, and there are also all sorts of things like plot and timelines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/well-it-s-my-voice-so-it-s-more-accessible-that-way-and-there-are/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/alice-sebold-999_different_well-it-s-my-voice-so-it-s-more-accessib_850525.jpg) > [I'm fine with whatever comes my way, and whatever doesn't come my way I'm fine with too. I have a very laissez-faire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-m-fine-with-whatever-comes-my-way-and-whatever-doesn-t-come-my-way/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/alice-sebold-999_attitude_i-m-fine-with-whatever-comes-my-way-and_3117893.jpg) > [She didn't even have to smile, and she rarely did outside her house--it was the eyes, her dancer's carriage, the way she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/she-didn-t-even-have-to-smile-and-she-rarely-did-outside-her-house-it/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/alice-sebold-999_body_she-didn-t-even-have-to-smile-and-she-ra_779559.jpg) > [I would do exactly what you are doing: I would talk to everyone I needed to, I would not tell too many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-would-do-exactly-what-you-are-doing-i-would-talk-to-everyone-i/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/alice-sebold-999_names_i-would-do-exactly-what-you-are-doing-i_2210651.jpg) > [Before, they had never found themselves broken together. Usually, it was one needing the other but not both needing each other, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/before-they-had-never-found-themselves-broken-together-usually-it-was/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/alice-sebold-999_broken_before-they-had-never-found-themselves-b_1932433.jpg) > [I loved the way the burned-out flashcubes of the Kodak Instamatic marked a moment that had passed, one that would now be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-loved-the-way-the-burned-out-flashcubes-of-the-kodak-instamatic-2/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/alice-sebold-999_burned_i-loved-the-way-the-burned-out-flashcube_1642318.jpg) > [I had rescued the moment by using my camera and in that way had found how to stop time and hold it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-had-rescued-the-moment-by-using-my-camera-and-in-that-way-had-found/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/alice-sebold-999_cameras_i-had-rescued-the-moment-by-using-my-cam_1742683.jpg) > [Almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend or even a stranger who was once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/almost-everyone-in-heaven-has-someone-on-earth-they-watch-a-loved-one-2/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/alice-sebold-999_bright-smiles_almost-everyone-in-heaven-has-someone-on_2618311.jpg) > [I tried to take solace in Holiday, our dog. I missed him in a way I hadn't yet let myself miss my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-tried-to-take-solace-in-holiday-our-dog-i-missed-him-in-a-way-i/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/alice-sebold-999_accepted_i-tried-to-take-solace-in-holiday-our-do_3028377.jpg) > [These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections-sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent-that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/these-were-the-lovely-bones-that-had-grown-around-my-absence-the/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/alice-sebold-999_absence_these-were-the-lovely-bones-that-had-gro_517917.jpg) > [He tunneled into stories where weak men changed into strong half-animals or used eye beams or magic hammers to power through steel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/he-tunneled-into-stories-where-weak-men-changed-into-strong-half/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/alice-sebold-999_angry_he-tunneled-into-stories-where-weak-men_2310998.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/alice-sebold/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Alice Sebold", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Sebold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you-gain-distance-on-something/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you_1123234.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you_1123234.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-dont-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you_1123234.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.” — Alice Sebold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alice Sebold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-you-gain-distance-on-something/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-yo_80199.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-yo_80199.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/alice-sebold-999_distance_i-don-t-think-ignorance-is-a-way-that-yo_80199.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.” — Alice Sebold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. 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