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If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?Jodi Picoult
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If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?" Make them stay." And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?" Ellie shrugged. "I don't know." Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first, " Coop said, "so you don't have to watch them walk away.Jodi Picoult
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She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.Jodi Picoult
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If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.Jodi Picoult
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But Katie knew it was a sin, had known from the moment she made the decision to lie with Adam. However, the transgression wasn't making love without the sanction of marriage. It was that for the first time in her life, Katie had put herself first. Put her own wants and needs above everything and everyone else.Jodi Picoult
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The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on.Jodi Picoult
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She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.Jodi Picoult
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A trial, it often came down to who had the best story.Jodi Picoult
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Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, there's no room for deviation from the norm. It's important to fit in, because that similarity of identity is what defines the society. If you don't fit in, the consequences are psychological tragic, you stand alone when all you've ever known is being part of the group.Jodi Picoult