Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

We're not doing anything until I find my sister,' I say

I'm so proud of you," she said, and she supposed she was, or she would have been if her sister hadn't come over and transplanted her mind into Jackie's, if Jackie had time to just sit with the news and process it according to her own values and dreams.

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.