“Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t matter if I’ve known them a day or a year or their whole life— I’ll never choose one person over the other, no matter who they are.” Pain Book:The Name She Gave Me: A Powerful Young Adult Novel in Verse About Adoption and Searching for a Biological Sister Source: The Name She Gave Me: A Powerful Young Adult Novel in Verse About Adoption and Searching for a Biological Sister
“The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me.” Sad Book:Three Things I Know Are True Source: Three Things I Know Are True
“So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life.” Sad Book:Three Things I Know Are True Source: Three Things I Know Are True
“I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street.” Sad Book:Three Things I Know Are True Source: Three Things I Know Are True
“I do know how expensive it is to be helpless. How many things don’t count as necessary. A wheelchair ramp. A wheelchair van. Clothes, air conditioning, prayer cards.” DisabilityDisability QuotesDisability Rights Book:Three Things I Know Are True Source: Three Things I Know Are True