Books
Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.
— Jodi Picoult • My Sister's Keeper
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Identity, the speaker suggests, may lie less in our everyday actions than in what we prove capable of when caught off guard. It's a hopeful, slightly unsettling idea: your true character can show itself in moments you didn't plan or predict.
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