“ I used to stand in front of the mirror in the bathroom to see what they were staring at. I wanted toknow what made their heads turn, what it was about me that was so incredibly different. At first Ico… Jodi Picoult
“ I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move. Jodi Picoult
“ I know that some neurologists think that autistic kids have brain synapses so close together and firing in such quick succession that they cause hyperawareness; that one of the reasons children on the… Jodi Picoult
“ I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I re… Jodi Picoult
“ I have met convicted child molesters before. They don't waer badges or brands or tattoos announcing their vice. It's hidden under a soft, grandfatherly smile; it's tucked in the pocket of a buttoned d… Jodi Picoult
“ I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the… Jodi Picoult
“ I didn't cry when she got on the plane. She lived with me for four years, and when she walked away, I didn't feel much of anything at all Jodi Picoult
“ I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken. Jodi Picoult
“ I could not remember my first kiss, but I could have told you Charlotte would be my last. Jodi Picoult
“ I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me for this: I have done what I've sworn I could never do; I have bec… Jodi Picoult
“ I believe in love. I think it just hits you and pulls the rug out from underneath you and, like a baby, demands your attention every minute of the day. Jodi Picoult
“ I believe in Hell...but it's here on earth. He shakes his head. Good people and bad people. As if it were this easy. Everyone is both of these at once. Jodi Picoult
“ I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My own practice of religion, you could say, it a nonpractice. I personally feel that it's just as worth… Jodi Picoult
“ I also mistakenly believed that the scariest stories came from imagination, not real life. Jodi Picoult
“ Iknew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by thetime he was thirty-five…but I couldn’t get him there overnight. You can’t fast-forward your child’sl… Jodi Picoult
“ Hope, Patrick knew, was the exact measure of distancebetween himself and the person who’d come for help. Jodi Picoult
“ Heroes don't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they don't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving.… Jodi Picoult
“ He wished he knew what to say to make her feel better, but the truth was, hedidn’t feel all that great himself and he didn’t know if there were even any words in the Englishlanguage to take away this… Jodi Picoult
