It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Jodi Picoult
I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear. Michael Chabon
And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II. Oliver North
There are those who still believe that notions of racial purity are biologically and theologically sound, and therefore desirable, in spite of the fact that current genetic evidence has obliterated all justification for such notions. Daniel J. Fairbanks
I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has its own zip code... You don't love someone because they're perfect... You love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Jodi Picoult