The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes
The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes
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Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote 7
Yes, he had written Susie Salmon a love note. Yes, he had put it in her notebook […]. (2.100)
What a bitter pill! Susie doesn't even get to read her very first love note before she dies.
Quote 8
But I came to believe that if I watched closely, and desired, I might change the lives of those I loved on Earth. (2.39)
Much of Susie's earthly interactions are fairly subtle. She does lots of showing herself to people in glass, and she blows out a candle and maybe drops an icicle here and there. When she goes into Ruth's body and makes love with Ray, she's taking it to the next level.
Quote 9
And they had never understood, as they did now, what the word horror meant. (2.45)
As a family, the Salmons were very innocent to the evils of the world. They viewed their suburban neighborhood as a safe place, where those with bad intentions can't enter.