Her hands quieted. "Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs it is the right thing to do." I sat down beside her, close enough that the skin of her arm hummed right next to mine. "You really believe that?" She looked down at her lap "Yeah." Then how," I asked, "can you walk away from me?

My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781439157381