He tunneled into stories where weak men changed into strong half-animals or used eye beams or magic hammers to power through steel or climb up the sides of skyscrapers. He was the Hulk when angry and Spidey the rest of the time. When he felt his heart hurt he turned into something stronger than a little boy, and he grew up this way. A heart that flashed from heart to stone, heart to stone. As I watched I thought of what Grandma Lynn liked to say when Lindsey and I rolled our eyes or grimaced behind her back. "Watch out what faces you make. You'll freeze that way.
Alice SeboldWhen he felt his heart hurt he turned into something stronger than a little boy, and he grew up this way.
A heart that flashed from heart to strone, heart to stone.
As I watched I thought of what Grandma Lynn liked to say when Lindsey and I rolled our eyes or grimaced behind her back.
"Watch out what faces you make,. Youll freeze that way." (The Lovely Bones)
The earth has a mouth?” Buckley asked.
A big round mouth but with no lips,” my father said.
Jack,” my mother said, laughing, “stop it. Do you know I caught him outside growling at the snapdragons?
Tag: snapdragons
Hey, Ocean Eyes,” my father said. “Where’d you go on us?
Alice SeboldTag: lovely-bones ocean-eyes
As she brought prospective buyers through, the realtor said it was an oil stain, but it was me, seeping out of the bag.
Alice SeboldMy name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.
Alice SeboldTag: inspirational opening-lines first-lines life-and-death
Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.
Alice SeboldTag: love
Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.
Alice SeboldTag: kiss accident gasoline-rainbow
The stains could be seen only in the sunlight, so Ruth was never really aware of them until later, when she would stop at an outdoor cafe for a cup of coffee, and look down at her skirt and see the dark traces of spilled vodka or whiskey. The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: 'booze affects material as it does people'.
Alice SeboldTag: drinking black alcohol stain
She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything.
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