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But I know I would not go out...

But I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead — in love with the sort of helplessness I had not felt in death — the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human — feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light - all of it part of navigating the unknown.

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Well, it's my voice, so it's ...

Well, it's my voice, so it's more accessible that way, and there are also all sorts of things like plot and timelines that are already known entities, so for me, it's very different from writing fiction.

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When I was raped I lost my vi...

When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.

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She liked to imagine that whe...

She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.

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Out loud I said I had two chi...

Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.

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I like gardening - it's a plac...

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

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You save yourself or you remai...

You save yourself or you remain unsaved.

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Murderers are not monsters, th...

Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.

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Now I am in the place I call t...

Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble and grand. The word my grandfather uses is comfort. So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can go and hold someone's hand and not have to say anything. Give no story. Make no claim. Where you can live at the edge of your skin for as long as you wish.

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I dont think ignorance is a wa...

I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

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I wanted to be the moron of th...

I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality.

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For me, heaven would be a lack...

For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isnt about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again.

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I have never been shy about li...

I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.

Alice Sebold 152 quotes

The relationship with the word...

The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.

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I have always felt extremely w...

I have always felt extremely weird. But I am very happy with my weirdnesses, and I want other people to be very happy with theirs.

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I think you only learn what ki...

I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.

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To transform experience and th...

To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness.

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I left my mark on that man....

I left my mark on that man.

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Nothing is ever certain....

Nothing is ever certain.

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Inside the snow globe on my fa...

Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, 'Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world.

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