Quote by Alice Sebold
These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections-sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent-that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.
Summary
This quote from "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold reflects on the impact and aftermath of the speaker's death. The "lovely bones" refer to the connections and relationships that have formed and thrived in the speaker's absence. These connections may be fragile or come with a great sacrifice, but they are often remarkable. Gaining a new perspective from beyond, the speaker realizes that they can now comprehend the world without their presence. The events resulting from their death are seen as mere foundations, with the potential for a future of wholeness and continuity. The extraordinary nature of this new existence has come at the ultimate expense - their life.
By Alice Sebold
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