Alice Sebold, Lucky Quotes

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those around her, and learned how to display them proudly.

I forgive you, " I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death.

No one can pull anyone back from anywhere. You save yourself or you remain unsaved.