Anna Fitzgerald quotes from My Sister's Keeper (2009)

View Quote When I was a kid, my mother told me that I was a little piece of blue sky that came into this world cause she and dad loved me so much. It was only later that I realized that it wasn't exactly true. Most babies are coincidences. I mean up in space you've got all of these souls flying around, looking for bodies to live in, then down here on earth two people have sex or whatever and bam, coincidence. Sure you hear all these stories about how everyone plans these perfect families. But the truth is, most babies are products of drunken evenings and lack of birth control. They're accidents. Only people who have trouble making babies actually plan for them. I on the other hand, am not a coincidence. I was engineered, born for a particular reason. A scientist hooked up my mother's eggs and my father's sperm to make a specific combination of genes. He did it to save my sister's life.

View Quote Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Kate had been healthy, I'd probably still be up in heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body down here on earth, but coincidence or not, I'm here.

View Quote That's my sister Kate. She's dying.

View Quote I'm important too, Mom! I'm important too!

View Quote That's my Mom and Aunt Kelly making dinner. Since my sister got sick, things have changed, Aunt Kelly only works part time and Mom quit her job as a lawyer. Her life now revolves around keeping Kate alive, cooking and cleaning, everything steamed, organic, and germ-free. I guess you could say we're a little dysfunctional, but we all love each other and we do the best we can.

View Quote Once upon a time I thought I was put on earth to save my sister. And in the end I couldn't do it. I realize now that wasn't the point. The point was I had a sister. She was fantastic. One day I'm sure I'll see her again. But until then our relationship continues...

View Quote Anna: I want to sue my parents for the rights to my own body.
Campbell Alexander: Would you repeat that, please?
Anna: I want to sue my parents for the right to my own body. My sister has leukemia. They are trying to force me to give her my body parts.
Campbell: You're supposed to give her a kidney?
Anna: She has been in renal failure for months now.
Campbell: Well, no one can force you to donate if you don't want to, can they?
Anna: They think they can. I'm under eighteen, they're my legal guardians.
Campbell: They can't do that.
Anna: Well that's what I want you to tell them because they have been doing it to me my whole life. I wouldn't even be alive if Kate wasn't sick. I'm a designer baby. I was made in a dish to be spare parts for Kate.
Campbell: You're kidding, right? You do know what will happen if you don't give her your kidney, right?
Anna: Yeah, she will die.

View Quote Brian: Your mom just needs a little time to cool off.
Anna: Yeah, I heard her, 'Get her out of here. I don't want to see her face anymore.'

View Quote Kate: Want to hear our routine?
Sara: What routine?
Anna: [lowers voice, imitating a male] Hey baby, what's your sign?
Kate: Cancer.
Anna: You're a cancer?
Kate: No, I'm a Leo.
Both girls: But I have cancer.