“ But without a reader, a story is only half complete. It's like blueprints that never get built; like a swimming pool without water. The foundation's there, but it's useless. Without a reader, the word… Jodi Picoult
“ That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. That we made mistakes.I closed my eyes, sick of the riddles, and to my surprise all I could see were d… Jodi Picoult
“ The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they hadn't had time to do. Jodi Picoult
“ You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed. Jodi Picoult
“ Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again? Jodi Picoult
“ When you can not find someone, it is because you've been misdirected to look elsewhere Jodi Picoult
“ When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there. Jodi Picoult
“ What became of all those lost balloons: they were the loves that slipped out of our fists; the blank eyes that rose in every night sky. Jodi Picoult
“ Until then she hadn't considered that there was a trade off, that she might not fit anymore in places where she'd been comfortable. Jodi Picoult
“ Unlike the characters in the book, however, these different sorts of people don’t seem to mix well. It is like the salad dressing Jessamyn makes: a little bit of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, and som… Jodi Picoult
