Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones

"Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained."

"I was like I was in science class: I was curious."

"Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living."

"Life is a perpetual yesterday for us."

"Nothing is ever certain."

"Nothing is ever certain."

"My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered."