The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes

The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes

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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.