“ Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back… Jodi Picoult
“ There's something nice about knowing that i'm not the only one who doesn't quite fit the part. Jodi Picoult
“ One day, you turn around, and your baby is a man. One day, you look in the mirror, and see gray hair. One day, you realize there is less of your life left than what you’ve already lived. Jodi Picoult
“ It was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be. Jodi Picoult
“ But if I've learned anything, it's that we don't know half of what we think we do. And we know ourselves least of all. Jodi Picoult
“ You'd be surprised. Charlie said.You go to bed one night singing her a lullaby, and she wakes up listening to Limp Bizkit.What the hell is Limp Bizkit? Jodi Picoult
“ You would be surprised at the lengths you will go to to believe the best about someone if you truly love him. Jodi Picoult
“ You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. Jodi Picoult
“ You couldn't fight the injustice of fate; you could only suffer it and hope that one day it might be different. Jodi Picoult
“ You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud. Jodi Picoult
“ Words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder. Like falling in love or finding god, if it ha...ppens to you, you kno… Jodi Picoult
“ When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself inside her, because sometimes that is what it takes to claim. Jodi Picoult
“ When you showed someone how you felt, it was fesh and honest. Whe you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation. Jodi Picoult
“ When you are attracted to people, it’s because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most. Jodi Picoult
“ What twisted deity would grant you the superpower of fatherhood to protect someone who, one day, would not need you? Jodi Picoult
“ What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match? Jodi Picoult
