Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf

"Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've woven, you'll never get rid of the stain."

"Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions."

"I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education."

"Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence."