My Sister's Keeper Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, People, Looks

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.183, 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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• America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value.

  Barack Obama

  Brother, Hard Work, America

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• There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.

  Jodi Picoult

  Night, World, Want

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.294, 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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• You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mistake, Eye, Path

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will.

  Jodi Picoult

  Positive, Thinking, Fine

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.374, Simon and Schuster

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• there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.

  Jodi Picoult

  Nice, Knowing, Fit

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• something is always falling apart in me.

  Jodi Picoult

  Fall, Falling Apart, My Sister's Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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• Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.

  Jodi Picoult

  Cancer, My Birthday, Kind

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• You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied. Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

  Jodi Picoult

  Cat, Wind, Needs

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• A woman isn't all that different from a bonfire. A fire's a beautiful thing, right? Something you can't take your eyes off, when it's burning. If you can keep it contained, it'll throw light and heat for you. It's only when it gets out of control that you have to go on the offensive.

  Jodi Picoult

  Beautiful, Eye, Fire

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.857, Simon and Schuster

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• You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dark, Light, I Can

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.1091, Simon and Schuster

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• But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother than I ever would have been as a lawyer. 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." - My Sister's Keeper

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Thinking, Battle

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

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• is it like this every night, while we're asleep?

  Jodi Picoult

  Night, Every Night, My Sister's Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive

  Jodi Picoult

  Alive, Organ Donor, My Sister's Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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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

  Thinking, Would Be, Looks

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

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• Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.

  Barack Obama

  Hurt, Brother, Fall

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• I think many of my books, including "Handle with Care," including "My Sister's Keeper" circle back to how far are we willing to go for the people we love? I think love changes the way we think. It's the thing that takes you out of what your normal set of beliefs would be.

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Thinking, Circles

  "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. April 24, 2009.

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• I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  My Sister, Keepers, My Sister's Keeper

  Iyanla Vanzant (2008). “Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women”, p.18, Hay House, Inc

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• There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.

  Jodi Picoult

  Would Be, My Sisters Keeper, Easier

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

  Jodi Picoult

  Want, Sometimes, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.437, Simon and Schuster

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• If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

  Jodi Picoult

  Sister, Sibling, Loss

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Parent, Gone, Reason

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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