Quotes from Jodi Picoult, The Pact

The way I see it, he's all we have left ofher.

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't understand how I'm going to get from here to there.

My whole life was about her, what if her whole life wasn't all about me?

I can't do this to you, ' he said, drawing back. Emily put her hand on his and pulled the gun to her temple. 'Then do it for me, ' she said.

Do you know what it's like to give your whole self to a person, and your whole heart to boot, until you've got nothing left to give- and then realize that it still isn't whay they need?

He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it

They go on to this better place, you know, which is what they wanted all along. But you and me, we're still left behind with all the questions they couldn't answer.