Quotes from Alice Sebold, Lucky

But I had made contact with a different planet from the one my parents or sister lived on. It was a planet where an act of violence changed your life.

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

I forgive you, " I said. I said what I had to. I would die by pieces to save myself from real death.