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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.

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“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.”

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“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Variant: the people you love can surprise you every day... maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.
Source: My Sister's Keeper (2004)

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“If there's something as good as [him] in my life, I'm going to pay for it.”

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“Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like you."
To my surprise, Kate shakes her head hard. Her voice is a feather, a thread. "No Mommy," she says. "You'd be sick.”

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“think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better match, of course, would be with Wonder Woman.”

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“A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.”

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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”

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Source: My Sister's Keeper (2004)

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“It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them?”

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“Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.”

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“Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.”

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“There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character… 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.”

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“I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard to remember who I am…”

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“When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?”

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“Dark matter has a gravitation effect on other objects. You can't see it, you can't feel it, but you can watch something being pulled in its direction.”

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“You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.”

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“I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.”

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“there's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part.”

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“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper (2004)