What does it feel like?โ he asked. โWhat does what feel like?โ Peter thought for a moment. โBeing at the top.โ Josie reached across him for another packet of material and fed it into the stapler. She did three of these, and Peter was certain that she was going to ignore him, but then she spoke. โLike if you take one wrong step,โ she said, โyouโre going to fall.
Jodi PicoultThere are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of those things, are you also betraying yourself?
Jodi PicoultA lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room for anything else - least of all themselves. It's why so many marriages end in divorce, when a child is diagnosed on the spectrum.
Jodi Picoult