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Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

Jodi Picoult
Mean, Sacrifice, Feels
Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.

Jodi Picoult
Party, Sacrifice, Third Parties
Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

But sometimes, in order to win, you have to make sacrifices.

Jodi Picoult
Sacrifice, Winning, Order
Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.414, Simon and Schuster

But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

Jodi Picoult
Fall, Sacrifice, Expectations
Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.457, Simon and Schuster

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