You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love the... - Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not."
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not."
"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. And the very act of living is a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded."
"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. And the very act of living is a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded."
"You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?"
"if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will."
"Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines."