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Rules and Order Quotes in The Lovely Bones

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Quote #10

But she was no shadow of a human form, no ghost. She was a smart girl breaking all the rules.

Ruth goes all gothic superhero on us at the end – breaking through the Inbetween, entering heaven, and leaving her body on Earth for Susie. Quite a feat, and an act of both defiance and preservation of order.