They sat me down and told me all the usual stuff, of course—but they also explained that they chose little embryonic me, specifically, because I coul… - Jodi Picoult

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Jessie’s breathing evens against me, like it used to when he was so small, when I used to carry him upstairs after he’d fallen asleep in my lap. He used to hit me over and over with questions:
What’s a two-inch hose for; a one-inch? How come you wash the engines? Does the can man ever et to drive? I realize that I cannot remember exactly when he stopped asking. But I do remember feeling as if something had gone missing, as if the loss of a kid’s hero worship canache like a phantom limb.