#my sisters keeper

He insisted that stars were people so well loved, they were traced in constellations, to live forever.

My Sister’s Keeper.

Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day to be notched onto the wooden wall. We have synchronized our watches, studied our calendars, existed in minutes, and completely forgotten to step back and see what we’ve accomplished.

My Sister’s Keeper.

It is so easy to think that the world revolves around you, but all you have to do is stare up at the sky to realize it isn’t that way at all.

My Sister’s Keeper.

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.

My Sister’s Keeper.

There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a month. That after 42 days you will no longer turn with your heart racing, certain you have heard her call out your name. 

My Sister’s Keeper.