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Sisters Keeper Quotes

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.

Jodi Picoult
Important, Watches, My Sisters Keeper
Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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

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

Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be.

Jodi Picoult
Want, My Sisters Keeper, Stable
Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.380, Simon and Schuster

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get.

Jodi Picoult
Long, Realizing, My Sisters Keeper
Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.326, Simon and Schuster

When you don't know where you're headed, you find places no one else would ever explore.

Jodi Picoult
My Sisters Keeper, Knows, Sisters Keeper
FaceBook post by Jodi Picoult from Jul 31, 2015

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

A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.

Jodi Picoult
Fire, Forever, My Sisters Keeper
Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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

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

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

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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