The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes

The Lovely Bones Chapter 2 Quotes

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Quote 10

That was when we went to a part of heaven we didn't share. I missed her then, but it was an odd sort of missing because we knew the meaning of forever. (2.38)

She's talking about Holly, who remains a minor character. We like the quote because it challenges us to reflect on the nature of time, whether we agree with Susie's rather broadly painted conception of it.

Quote 11

I could not have what I wanted most. Mr. Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect. (2.39)

Susie does get both wishes, the first one for all eternity; the second for that time in the arms of Ray.

"Nothing is ever certain," Len Fenerman said. (2.43)

That was the line my father said to my mother, "Nothing is ever certain." (2.44)

Len's phrase is comforting at first, but hollow and even cruel eight years later, when he brings them Susie's charm. It also shows his desire to maintain order in the chaos.