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My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult

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.

“something is always falling apart in me.”

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“It's like picking up an unfamiliar piece of sheet music & starting to stumble through it, only to realize it is a melody you'd once learned by heart, one you can play without even trying.”

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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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“Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.”

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

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

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Variant: well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.
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“The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to.”

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Variant: The bottom line is that we never fall for the people we're supposed to.
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“I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all.”

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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.”

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“It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.”

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“I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice…. sure it does… but only if you're too dumb to move.”

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“See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it”

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“Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Variant: Love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow — beautiful while it’s there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.
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