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41 " And when your wife is not the same person you fell in love with eight years ago, where exactly does that leave you? Do you try to get to know who she has become, and hope for the best? Or do you keep deceiving yourself in the hope that she might wake up one morning and have gone back to the woman she used to be? May be, Caleb thinks with a small shock, he isn't the same person he once was, either. "
― Jodi Picoult , Perfect Match
42 " ...what's morally right is considered wrong...and what's morally wrong, you can get away with. "
43 " Having to face him at a competency hearing is like getting to hell and finding out that the only food available is raw liver-insult added to injury. "
44 " She isn't the girl who used to live next door, hasn't been for years. Back then she had freckles and jeans with holes at the knees and a ponytail yanked so tight it made her eyes pull at the corners. Now she wears pantyhose and tailored suits; she has had the same short bob hairstyle for five years. But when Patrick gets close enough, she still smells like childhood to him. "
45 " I am angry at myself, at the world, but because it is easier, I lash out at him. "
46 " Entre uma boa acção e uma má acção existem mil tons de cinzento. "
47 " Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours, but grief comes from losing something you've already had. "
48 " Change your point of view, and the perspective is completely different. "
49 " When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than waiting is the moment you realize a decision has been made. "
50 " I have met convicted child molesters before. They don't waer badges or brands or tattoos announcing their vice. It's hidden under a soft, grandfatherly smile; it's tucked in the pocket of a buttoned down shirt. They look the rest of us, and that's what makes it so frightening - to know that these beasts move among us, and we are none the wisest.They have girlfriends and wives who have loved them, unaware. "
51 " What would you like to be?" Nina asks.Nathaniel tosses his magical tablecloth. "A superhero," he says. "A new one."Caleb is sure they could muster up Superman on short notice. "What's wrong with the old ones?"Everything it turns out. Nathaniel doesn't like Superman because he can be felled by Kryptonite. Green Lantern's ring doesn't work on anything yellow. The Incredible Hulk is too stupid. Even Captain Marvel runs the risk of being tricked into saying the word Shazam! and turning himself back into young Billy Batson."How about Ironman?" Caleb suggests.Nathaniel shakes his head. "He could rust.""Aquaman?""Needs water.""Nathaniel," Nina says gently, "nobody's perfect.""But they are supposed to be." Nathaniel explains, an d Caleb understands. Tonight, Nathaniel needs to be invincible. "
52 " Where is the line? We're taught to stand up for ourselves; we're taught to stand up for others we care about. But all of a sudden, there's a new line drawn by the law. You sit back, it says, and let us deal with this. "
53 " Can you see the pond?"From up here, I can. It is a piece of sky, lying on the ground. When Heaven breaks, who fixes it? "
54 " You will ask yourself How come; you will ask yourself What if. "
55 " Is Understatement 101 a course in medical school?""Of course. It's the prereq for Lying Through One's Teeth. "
56 " A level of a house, his father has told him, is called a story. Nathaniel likes that. It makes him feel like maybe he is living between the covers of a book himself. Like maybe everyone in every home is sure to get a happy ending. "
57 " There are a lot of places," I reply, "that I thought I'd never go. "
58 " I thought I knew this world. I thought I could control it. But just when you think you've got your life by the reins, that's when it's most likely to run away from you. "
59 " Where is this going to take me? she had asked. And Caleb's answer: Where do you want it to? "
60 " Best place to be?" Adrienne asks after a moment. On the other side of this wall. In my bed, at home. Anywhere with Nathaniel. "Before," I answer, because I know she'll understand. "