“ You can't be real, Delilah murmurs. Says who? I ask. Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it? Jodi Picoult
“ You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay, when in reality you’re crippled by the thought of letting another person close enough to potentially scar you even more deeply. You can tell your… Jodi Picoult
“ You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. Jodi Picoult
“ Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction, and the very act of remembering involves… Jodi Picoult
“ When I was tiny, the county fair came through town. Our parents took us, and got tickets for the rides, even though I was scared to death of all of them. Edward was the one who convinced me to go on t… Jodi Picoult
“ What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away. Jodi Picoult
“ What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other Jodi Picoult
“ What looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted ou… Jodi Picoult
“ We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which. Jodi Picoult
“ We believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist. Jodi Picoult
“ Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home Jodi Picoult
“ This is what it always comes down to, I realized. There are the ones who believe, and the ones who don't, and caught in the space between them are guns. Jodi Picoult
“ There's no point in being able to know everything about wolves if you can't teach it to the people who need to learn. Jodi Picoult
“ There was, really, nothing you could use as a blueprint for your life, except your past. There was no starting over. There was only picking up the pieces someone had left behind. Jodi Picoult
“ There was a fine line between love and hate you heard that cliche all the time. But no one told you that the moment you crossed it would be the one you least expected. You'd fall in love and crack ope… Jodi Picoult
“ There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. Jodi Picoult