One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.
Alice SeboldBut I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead ā in love with the sort of helplessness I had not felt in death ā the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human ā feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light - all of it part of navigating the unknown.
Alice SeboldHow to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.
Alice Sebold