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. Alice Sebold Read Quote
I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously. Alice Sebold Read Quote
I’m gradually working through my obsessions, and maybe, when they’re all free and clear, I’ll write a comedy. But I’m not there yet. Alice Sebold Read Quote
I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things. Alice Sebold Read Quote
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 isn’t about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again. Alice Sebold Read Quote
To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys – but it’s very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things. Alice Sebold Read Quote
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. Alice Sebold Read Quote
I think understanding is the way to gain perspective – and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them. Alice Sebold Read Quote
