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Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.
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broken-heart
jodi-picoult
love
my-sister-s-keeper
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Jodi Picoult |
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7f0bcb5
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You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.
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jodi-picoult
light
my-sister-s-keeper
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Jodi Picoult |
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An oncology ward is a battlefield, and there are definite hierarchies of command. The patients, they're the ones doing the tour of duty. The doctors breeze in and out like conquering heroes, but they need to read your child's chart to remember where they've left off from the previous visit. It is the nurses who are the seasoned sergeants -- the ones who are there when your baby is shaking with such a high fever she needs to be bathed in ice, the ones who can teach you how to flush a central venous catheter, or suggest which patient floor might still have Popsicles left to be stolen, or tell you which dry cleaners know how to remove the stains of blood and chemotherapies from clothing. The nurses know the name of your daughter's stuffed walrus and show her how to make tissue paper flowers to twine around her IV stand. The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable.
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movie-adaptations
my-sister-s-keeper
nurses
wonderful
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Jodi Picoult |
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1a8ca9d
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Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.
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cancer
death
family
jesse
jodi-picoult
kate
leukemia
my-sister-s-keeper
sadness
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Jodi Picoult |
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65fb53f
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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.
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jodi-picoult
my-sister-s-keeper
reincarnation
wit
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Jodi Picoult |
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740bd29
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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.
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my-sister-s-keeper
woman
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Jodi Picoult |
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bc59292
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I sometimes wonder if it's just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they're supposed to be by going nowhere.
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my-sister-s-keeper
sara-fitzgerald
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Jodi Picoult |
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468cb28
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As she gets sicker, she fades a little more, until I am afraid one day I will wake up and not be able to see her at all.
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jodi-picoult
my-sister-s-keeper
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Jodi Picoult |