"But what really is immorality? And what does helping someone really mean? Helping them to be like everyone else, or helping them to be themselves?"

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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?

— Jodi Picoult