Sisters Keeper Quotes - Page 2

• In my family, we seem to have a tortured history of not saying what we ought to and not meaning what we do.

  Jodi Picoult

  My Family, My Sisters Keeper, Ought

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.

  Jodi Picoult

  Tables, Realizing, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.869, Simon and Schuster

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• Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.

  Jodi Picoult

  Details, Sometimes, Forget You

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.352, Simon and Schuster

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• Yes, she is." He looks at me, his face carved in pain. "She is dying, Sara. She will die, either tonight or tomorrow or maybe a year from now if we're really lucky. You heard what Dr. Chance said. Arsenic's not a cure. It just postpones what's coming." My eyes fill up with tears. "But I love her," I say, because that is reason enough.

  Jodi Picoult

  Pain, Eye, Years

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• Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed--sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's going to be.

  Jodi Picoult

  Two, House, Bed

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it

  Jodi Picoult

  Memories, World, Want

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.422, Simon and Schuster

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• I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere.

  Jodi Picoult

  Sometimes, Wonder, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Years, People

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• A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Friendship, Sorry, Real

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, People, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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• It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Strong, Enough, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

  Jodi Picoult

  Fire, Helping, Remember

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

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• The bottom line is that we never fall for the people we're supposed to.

  Jodi Picoult

  I Love You, Falling In Love, People

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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• I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever.

  Jodi Picoult

  Memories, Years, Two

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• On the surface, we're polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we're the same: people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Opposites, People

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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• So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that we're sinful and we're flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Jesus, Brother

  "Obama: 'A Christian by Choice'" by Kristin Brown, www.foxnews.com. September 28, 2010.

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• We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

  Ann Richards

  Brother, Numbers, Goal

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