My Sister's Keeper

There is always a winner, and a loser

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish.
—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet

You'd think a house would last forever, but the truth is a strong wind or a wrecking ball can devastate it. The family inside is not so different.

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

"It's not suicide," she said, "if you're already dying."

A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.

there is also a point when you have to step back and say that it's time to let go."

When you love someone, you'll do anything you can to keep them with you."

"Well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least."

Because normal people don't go jogging at 4:30 A.M."