“ If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever. Jodi Picoult
“ I imagined what it would be like to hold a butterfly in your hands something bejeweled and treasured and to know that despite your devotion it was dying by degrees. Jodi Picoult
“ How do you know she’s the one for you?...and did you ever notice how, when she’s nervous,she sings? Off-key?You like that?Well, that's the thing. I think her flaws make me love her even more. She’s no… Jodi Picoult
“ How do you do it?Do what?All of it. You know. Go to class and practice. Make it through the day. Act like ... like none if it mattered.Jason swore beneath his breath and pulled the car over. Then he r… Jodi Picoult
“ How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smelled like rain, or how his stomach knotted up every time he saw her shake loose her hair from its braid? How could he desc… Jodi Picoult
“ Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital... Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've woven, you'll never get rid of the stain. Jodi Picoult
“ Her hair is longer now, and fine lines bracket her mouth, parentheses around a lifetime of words I was not around to hear. Jodi Picoult
“ He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the way they were, and that she wished she could stop everything from changing. S… Jodi Picoult
“ Dr. Keller begins pacing. I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike.What do you mean?Your daughter, Dr. Keller says flatly. I think she's seeing God. Jodi Picoult
“ Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who was sexually abused as a child; the kidnapper who truly believed he was saving… Jodi Picoult
“ Annie turned away, her eyes glittering. 'Here's what no one tells you,' she said. 'When you deliver a fetus, you get a death certificate, but not a birth certificate. And afterward, your milk comes in… Jodi Picoult
“ And just like that, something inside shifted very subtly, so that all the empty spaces in him suddenly disappeared, so that his breath timed to hers, so that his blood sang. This is why there was musi… Jodi Picoult
“ Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer. Jodi Picoult
“ All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here. Jodi Picoult
“ All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return. Jodi Picoult
“ A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up. Jodi Picoult
