Mary Alice
- Yes, each new day in suburbia brings with it a new set of lies. The worst are the ones we tell ourselves right before we fall asleep. We whisper them in the dark, telling ourselves we're happy, or that he's happy. That we can change, or that he will change his mind. We persuade ourselves that we can live with our sins, or that we can live without him. Yes, each night before we fall asleep we lie to ourselves in a desperate, desperate hope that come morning -- it will all be true.
- An odd thing happens when we die, our senses vanish. Taste, touch, smell and sound become a distant memory, but our sight? Ah, our sight expands and we can suddenly see the world we left behind so clearly. Of course most of what's visible to the dead could also be seen by the living, if they would only take the time to look.
- Though he'd been a policeman for six years, Officer Hayes had never found himself in a truly dangerous situation. Then again, he had never before told a woman how to raise her children.
- It's not enough to want to the truth. You must know where to look for it. And the truth is elusive, because it knows where to hide.
- The search for power begins when we're quite young. As children, we're taught that the power of good triumphs over the power of evil. But as we get older, we realize that nothing is ever that simple. Traces of evil always remain.
- After I died, I began to surrender the parts of myself that were no longer necessary. My desires, beliefs, ambitions, doubts... every trace of my humanity was discarded. I discovered when moving through eternity, it helps to travel lightly.
- It's a rare man that understands the value of a perfect rose.
- Human beings are designed for many things. Loneliness isn't one of them.
- Once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course the truth is: we never know who we can trust. Those we're closest to can betray us, and total strangers can come to our rescue. In the end, most people decide to trust only themselves. It really is the simplest way to keep from getting burned.
- Yes, sooner or later we must all grow up. No one knows this better than the young.
