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think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better match, of course, would be with Wonder Woman. (Jodi Picoult)
Or. I hate that word. It's two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt. View quote
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Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down. View quote
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Any highway... they all take you to the same place, don't they? View quote
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Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets, lies, stories. We all tell them. Sometimes, because we hope to entertain. Sometimes, because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to. View quote
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When it's all over, you're remembered for what you did, not what you said you were going to do. View quote
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Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter. View quote
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Memory is like plaster: peel it back and you just might find a completely different picture. View quote
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Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like you." To my surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. "No Mommy," she says. "You'd be sick. View quote
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There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly right out of you. View quote
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In reality, you don't ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path. (Jodi Picoult)
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. View quote
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It takes two people to make a friendship work. View quote
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From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, could stand on the bottom and it only reached up to his chest. Darkness, you know, is relative. View quote
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Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike? View quote
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if there isn't a them, there can't be an us. View quote
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Loneliness is a mirror, and recognizes itself. View quote
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... when they look at me, I so badly want to be who they see. View quote
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It was a catch-22: If you didn't put the trauma behind you, you couldn't move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened. View quote
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Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday. View quote
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No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back. (Jodi Picoult)
Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin. Its not like caring about someone is enough to actually sustain you. View quote
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You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were. View quote
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I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it's not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all. View quote
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They ask, how could this happen here? Well. How could it not happen here? View quote
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