“ A fire will burn itself out, unless you open a window and give it fuel.. And when flames are licking at your heels you've got to break a wall or two if you want to escape. Jodi Picoult
“ A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her. Jodi Picoult
“ When you're a point, all you see is the point. When you're a line, all you see is the line and the point. When you're in three dimensions, you see three dimensions and lines and points. Just because w… Jodi Picoult
“ The arms of his swim team sweatshirt still wrapped around the pillow on the bed - Em had said it smelled of him. Jodi Picoult
“ I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with someone else. I had trained myself to read pieces like that and silent… Jodi Picoult
“ There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success. Jodi Picoult
“ When you want something so desperately, you shake with the need for it. you tell yourself that you don't need more than one sip, because it's just the taste you crave, and once it's on your tongue you… Jodi Picoult
“ There was not much distinction between losing a friend and a lover: it was all about intimacy. One moment, you had someone to share your biggest triumph, and fatal flaws with; the next minute, you had… Jodi Picoult
“ The reason we lose people we care about is so we’re more grateful for the ones we still have. Jodi Picoult
“ The people you love can surprise you every day... maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it. Jodi Picoult
“ She told me she'd be a phoenix. The image of the mythical creature rising from the ashes glitters in my mind. They don't really exist. She said that depends on whether or not there's someone who can s… Jodi Picoult
“ Memory is linked to strong emotion, and that negative moments are like scribbling with permanent marker on the wall of the brain. But there’s a fine line between a negative moment and a traumatic one.… Jodi Picoult
“ In order to forgive, you have to remember how you were hurt in the first place. And that in order to forget, you had to accept your role in what had happened. Jodi Picoult
“ If you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax. Jodi Picoult
“ Could not be blamed just because no one ever mentioned that once you closed the storybook, Cinderella still had to do laundry and clean the toilet and take care of the crown prince. Jodi Picoult
“ Back. So why am I so worried about making a first impression? I answer my own question: Because you only get to do it once. Every time after, you are only making up for what happened during that initi… Jodi Picoult
“ You’d think a house would last forever, but the truth is a strong wind or a wrecking ball can devastate it. The family inside is not so different. Jodi Picoult
