A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you. - Jodi Picoult

In the moments before, she laid a hand on his arm. 'No matter what,' she said, giving him a look, 'you cannot stop.

How could you change a boy’s bedding every week and feed him breakfast and drive him to the orthodontist and not know him at all?

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.