“They would go back to their homes and put me to rest, a letter from the past never reopened or reread.” — Alice Sebold Time Copy Share Image
How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away. — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
As she stood in the darkened room and watched my sister and father, I knew one of things that heaven meant. I… — Alice Sebold Choices Copy Share Image
I watched my brother and my father. The truth was very different from what we learned in school. The truth was the… — Alice Sebold Brother Copy Share Image
When the music stopped, it could have been forever since we'd begun. My grandfather took a step back, and the light grew… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life,… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I watched my beautiful sister running . . . and I knew she was not running away from me or toward me.… — Alice Sebold Beautiful Copy Share Image
“I focused very hard on the dead geranium in his line of vision. I thought if I could make it bloom he… — Alice Sebold Dreams Copy Share Image
At the tips of the feathers there is air and at their base: blood. I hold up bones; I wish like broken… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I tried to take solace in Holiday, our dog. I missed him in a way I hadn't yet let myself miss my… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“For Lorenz, virgins were not a part of his world. He was skeptical of many things I said. Later, when the serology… — Alice Sebold Telling the truth Copy Share Image
“I loved the way the burned-out flashcubes of the Kodak Instamatic marked a moment that had passed, one that would now be… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“Occasionally my mother called from California. My parents had hurried and difficult conversations. She asked after Buckley and Linsey and Holiday. She… — Alice Sebold Difficult conversations Copy Share Image
“Since then he had taken these photos out too many times to count, but each time he looked into the face of… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“Inside the room it was dark now, the florescent light behind my father flickering so slightly it lit only the most obvious… — Alice Sebold Parenting Copy Share Image
“She used the bathroom, running the tap noisily and disturbing the towels. She knew immediately that her mother had bought these towels… — Alice Sebold Mother Copy Share Image
And in a small house five miles away was a man who held my mud-encrusted charm bracelet out to his wife. Look… — Alice Sebold Ballet Copy Share Image
Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“My mother gave Lindsey a meaningful look. 'We are not discussing this further. You can go up to your room and wait… — Alice Sebold Parenting Copy Share Image
“I had been kissed once by someone I liked. His name was Ray and he was Indian. He had an accent and… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend or even a stranger who was once… — Alice Sebold Bright smiles Copy Share Image
