“ It was an attraction born of close quarters, and false familiarity. It meant absolutely nothing. Yet she drove home one-handed, the fingertips of her free hand gently touching her mouth, whispering, B… Jodi Picoult
“ It still hurts, she whispered. Even when you're doing it for someone else, that doesn't stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding. Jodi Picoult
“ It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them? Jodi Picoult
“ In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies. Jodi Picoult
“ In a cave at the far edge of the kingdom lived a man who had sworn off love. When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again. Jodi Picoult
“ If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy. Jodi Picoult
“ If we are meant to only have children who never encounter difficulty in life, then no one should be born. Jodi Picoult
“ If I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this: In the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. And the moon wanted to come out during the day, but… Jodi Picoult
“ I was surprised that Kurt seemed to understand that you might never love someone as hard as you had the first time you'd fallen; I was even more surprised to learn that maybe you could. Jodi Picoult
“ I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to my real one. Jodi Picoult
“ He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes. And then there was a shot. Jodi Picoult
“ Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes, because we have to. Jodi Picoult
“ Do you know what it's like to give your whole self to a person, and your whole heart to boot, until you've got nothing left to give- and then realize that it still isn't whay they need? Jodi Picoult
“ But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasn’t near you. Jodi Picoult
“ But I love you, Trixie said. There was no easy switch that she could flip to stem the flow of feelings, no way to drain the memories that pooled like acid in her stomach because her heart no longer kn… Jodi Picoult
