“ Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not necessarily gone out of her way to avoid a relationship, but s… Jodi Picoult
“ She was forced to consider the startling fact that the love of her life might not actually be someone with whom she could spend a lifetime. Jodi Picoult
“ She isn't the girl who used to live next door, hasn't been for years. Back then she had freckles and jeans with holes at the knees and a ponytail yanked so tight it made her eyes pull at the corners.… Jodi Picoult
“ She didn't like herself like this, either. But she couldn't go back to being the girl she'd been before she met him; that girl was gone. So where did that leave her? Jodi Picoult
“ She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her. Jodi Picoult
“ See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory thatsomeone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of livingis a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all,… Jodi Picoult
“ People don’t just disappear. There’s always a reason, or an enemy with a grudge. There’s always a loose thread that starts to unravel. Jodi Picoult
“ Outside, the moon is a silver sliver. Every night, the shadow eats a slice of it, until it’s nothing but this hollow rind. I feel the same way; with each day, I lose a little more of myself. Jodi Picoult
“ Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, there'… Jodi Picoult
“ Not everyone understands how you can spin two lassos at the same time, one of hope and one of grief. Jodi Picoult
“ Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you… Jodi Picoult
“ No matter who you are, there is some part of you that always wishes you were someone else. Jodi Picoult
“ No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. Jodi Picoult
“ My mother and Joe have a lovers' shorthand, an economy of gestures that comes when you are close enough to someone to speak their language. I wonder if my mother and father ever had that, or if my mot… Jodi Picoult
“ May be the question we need to ask isn't whether there's any fresh twenty first century sin...but whether the people who define sin have changed, because of the times. Jodi Picoult
“ Love's a tidal wave, she says.Because it sweeps you off your feet? I ask. No. Because it sucks you under and you drown.But sometimes, I point out, it's the only thing that keeps you afloat. Jodi Picoult
“ Love has nothing to do with what you're looking at and everything to do with who's looking. Jodi Picoult
“ Jacob’s concept: The concept of Asperger’s is like a flavoring added to a person and although my concentration is higher than those of others, if tested everyone would have traces of this condition to… Jodi Picoult
