Quotes from book

Lisey's Story

“Lying in the bed that had once held two, Lisey thought alone never felt more lonely than when you woke up and discovered you still had the house to yourself. That you and the mice in the walls were the only ones still breathing.”

“Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.”

“There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.”

“There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.”

“Time apparently did nothing but blunt grief’s sharpest edge so that it hacked rather than sliced.”

“She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.”

“The harder you had to work to open a package, the less you ended up caring about what was inside.”