“ There is a reason people say being a mother is the hardest job in the world: You do not sleep and you do not get vacation time. You do not leave your work on your desk at the end of the day. Your brie… Jodi Picoult
“ There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable. Jodi Picoult
“ Then they scrambled through the window and into the darkness, determined to turn themselves into what they were not. Jodi Picoult
“ The vast majority of protesters were men, and it made perfect sense to Louie—the male of the species felt threatened by the biology of women. Even in the Bible, normal female biological functions were… Jodi Picoult
“ The truth is, I don't want to be disappointed again. Not by someone else's shortcomings, and especially not by my own. Jodi Picoult
“ The safety of the rescuer is of a higher priority than the safety of the victim. Always. • Jodi Picoult
“ The really amazing thing about all this is no matter what you believe,it took some doing to get from a point where there was nothing, to a point where all the right neurons fire and pop so that we can… Jodi Picoult
“ The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? —REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Jodi Picoult
“ The problem with marriage - or may be its strength - was that it spanned a distance, and you were never the same person you started out being. If you were lucky, you could still recognize each other y… Jodi Picoult
“ The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not. Jodi Picoult
“ That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion’s not about being holy...Just holier-than-thous. Jodi Picoult
“ Suicides, almost by definition, are all ghosts - stuck earthbound because they are desperate to apologize to their loved ones or because they are so ashamed of themselves. Jodi Picoult
“ Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that the purpose of religion was to bring people together.… Jodi Picoult
“ Sometimes, to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least. - Julia Romano Jodi Picoult
“ So much time is spent with people superficially. You remember all the fun you had but nothing specific. Jodi Picoult
“ So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate? Jodi Picoult
“ Shooting stars are not stars at all. They're just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on, when we see one, is only a trail of debris. Jodi Picoult
“ Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris. Jodi Picoult
