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101 " I feel, for just a moment, a pang of jealousy. Why does he get a free pass, every time; why am I always judged? "
― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways
102 " I know parents with more than one kid say they love the kids equally, but I don’t believe it. I think it is the same in the other direction. A kid will say they love both their parents the same amount, but when there’s a rough edge, sometimes that ragged border fits flush against one parent, and prickles against the other. I just wish, sometimes, I could be the one she loves more. "
103 " Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians gave dogs the names of people, but all cats were just called ‘cat’? "
104 " lost Wyatt once, and I survived. I may lose your dad, and I will survive. But you?” In her face, I see my eyes, Wyatt’s jaw, strength from us both. “I wouldn’t survive losing you. "
105 " The kindest blow is the cleanest one. “I never fell out of it,” I whisper. "
106 " You trust someone who makes space for you in his or her life … so much so that if you leave, they will feel the absence. You give someone your vulnerable, unshelled heart wrapped in a question: What will you do with it? "
107 " I did not realize at that time that when you plant seeds, you also get roots. "
108 " Relationships aren't about photo ops. They're about scaling mountains and crossing deserts, about getting to where you think you belong. About having your partner's arms around you and realizing that you don't fit into them. "
109 " asked death, “Why do people love me but hate you?” Death responded, “Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” —Unknown "
110 " But I think that what really shocked me is how many people can't see the shape of the life they've lived until they get to the very end of it. "