So you see, the real question isn't how I left this world to go to the woods.
It's how I made myself come back.
I hadn't been thinking, actually. I was just trying to get to a place where I'd be noticed.
Jodi PicoultTag: jodi-picoult my-sister-s-keeper jesse-fitzgerald
Don't say it. Don't say nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. Don't tell me it doesn't matter because it does. And don't tell me I look fine because that's a lie. I'm a freak, Mom. Look at me.
Jodi PicoultTag: jodi-picoult kate-fitzgerald my-sister-s-keeper
There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.
Jodi PicoultTag: jodi-picoult my-sister-s-keeper jesse-fitzgerald
My father looked right at me, but he didn't answer. And his eyes were dazed and staring through me, like I was made out of smoke.
That was the first time I thought that maybe I was.
Tag: jodi-picoult my-sister-s-keeper jesse-fitzgerald
I pick up a pen and start to unscrew the whole thing, pull out the skinny little tube of blue ink. It would be so cool to have one of these built inside you, like a squid; you could point your finger and leave your mark on anything you wanted.
Jodi PicoultTag: jodi-picoult anna-fitzgerald my-sister-s-keeper
With my heart racing, I ran in the other direction; leaving the rest of this rescue to people who actually want to be heroes.
Jodi PicoultTag: jodi-picoult my-sister-s-keeper jesse-fitzgerald
The crisis might be what sticks in my mind, but the in-between moments are the ones I would not have missed for the world.
Jodi PicoultDaddy, you would say, look at my braids. Look at the worst bug bite ever. Look at my handstand, my eggroll dive, my finger painting. Look at my splinter, my spelling list, my somersault, the toad I found. Look at the present I made you, the grade I got, the acceptance letter. Look at the diploma, the ultrasound, your granddaughter. I couldn’t possibly remember all the things you’ve asked me to look at. I just remember that you asked.
Jodi PicoultHistory isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them.
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