“ When feeling came back, in a storm of color and force and sensation, the most you could do was hold on to the person beside you and hope you could weather it. Alex closed her eyes and expected the wor… Jodi Picoult
“ There was a look in their eyes, sometimes . . . They weren’t dreading the trigger being pulled, even if the gun was already pointed at them. It was as if they ran toward it. I could not fathom this, a… Jodi Picoult
“ There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation. Jodi Picoult
“ She'd been in labor for nineteen hours; I completely understood why she wanted to pass the buck. 'You are so beautiful,' her husband crooned, holding up her shoulders.'You are so full of shit,' Lila s… Jodi Picoult
“ She had tried to hide the discomfort behind the mask of competence that she usually wore, only to realize that in her hurry, she must have left it behind somewhere. Jodi Picoult
“ Real fairy tales are not for the fainthearted. Children get eaten by witches and chased by wolves; women fall into comas and are tortured by evil relatives. Somehow all that pain and suffering is wort… Jodi Picoult
“ Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up. Jodi Picoult
“ Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome. Jodi Picoult
“ Logically, I understand that it wasn't Edward's fault my family fell apart after he left. But when you're eleven years old, you don't give a flip about logic. You just really miss holding your big bro… Jodi Picoult
“ Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disap… Jodi Picoult
“ It's not because I don't want to hurt Delia's feelings. It's because when she is bruised, I'm the one who aches. Jodi Picoult
“ If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled? Jodi Picoult
“ I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you. Jodi Picoult
“ I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. Jodi Picoult
“ How could you not want to draw breath one more day? How could your own life be such a cheap commodity? But then I started to understand: when your existence is hell, death must be heaven. Jodi Picoult
“ Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you. Jodi Picoult
