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My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, and Alec Baldwin. Based on Jodi Picoult's 2004 novel of the same name, on June 26, 2009 the film was released to cinemas in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“No matter who you are, there is some part of you that always wishes you were someone else.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them.
Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Variant: Goldfish get big enough only for the bowl you put them in. Bonsai trees twist in miniature. I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them.
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“do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation., and to others, like a pearl.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“love doesn't follow the rules… nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has its own zip code… You don't love someone because they're perfect… You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“I… understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put back together.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't even be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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“don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

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