I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.
Alice SeboldStones and bones; snow and frost; seeds and beans and polliwogs. Paths and twigs, assorted kisses, We all know who Daddy misses! His two little frogs of girls, thatโs who. They know where they are, do you, do you?
Alice SeboldBooks and novels in particular that grapple with quite a few things are difficult to explain, so I think that first line can come in a substitute for trying to form a longer sense of what the book is about.
Alice SeboldMurderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.
Alice Sebold