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

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Seemed
Personality
Fun
Freedom
Family
Wanted
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Well, as my dad would say, it means she’s out of this shithole.
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He would find his Susie,inside his young son. Give that love to the living.
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He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you.
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He had been my almost. My might-have-been. I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss. Still, I collected kiss stories. -Susie Salmon
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I had always been in love with him. I counted the lashes of each closed eye. He had been my almost, my might have been, and I did not want to leave him
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I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.
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I mean, if I went into my closet, I could find a previous draft and try to figure that out, but it takes a long time for me to find the voice to tell a story in. I was working from other points of view for a couple years there.
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