“ The first time she kissed me, I truly thought I'd had an aneurysm - my pulse was thundering so loud and my senses were exploding. This, I remember thinking, the only word I could hold on to in a sea o… Jodi Picoult
“ The brain can do a lot of things, Olive said, but it can't distinguish between what's really happening and what you're imagining. That's why scary movies scare you and why you cry at Nicholas Sparks b… Jodi Picoult
“ That’s because racism isn’t just about hate. We all have biases, even if don’t think we do. It’s because racism is also about who has power…and who has access to it. Jodi Picoult
“ That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones? Jodi Picoult
“ That the sum of a man's life was not where he wound up but in the details that brought him there. Jodi Picoult
“ Sometimes Josie thought of her life as a room with no doors and no windows. It was a sumptuousroom, sure-a room half the kids in Sterling High would have given their right arm to enter-but itwas also… Jodi Picoult
“ Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces. Jodi Picoult
“ Someone who was happywould have little need to hope for change. But, conversely, an optimistic person was that waybecause he wanted to believe in something better than his reality.He started wondering… Jodi Picoult
“ So what have I learned that is helpful? Well, if you are white, like I am, you can't get rid of the privilege you have, but you can use it for good. Don't say I don't even notice race! like it's a pos… Jodi Picoult
“ Si no corregimos la dirección en la que vamos, acabaremos en el lugar de donde venimos. Jodi Picoult
“ She was the only one for whom the house didn't have to be cleaned, for whom she didn't have to wear her makeup, and around whom she could say anything without fear of repercussions, or of looking trul… Jodi Picoult
“ She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you. Jodi Picoult
“ She turned to stare out the window, lost in a thousand thoughts, not a single one of which Danielle could guess. Jodi Picoult
“ She shrugged. You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. Jodi Picoult
“ She pictured how it would feel to trust your instincts in a strange land, to know the difference between where you had been and where you were going. Jodi Picoult
“ Peter took a shuddering breath. He wondered what his fish had thought, expecting the cool blue of the sea, only to wind up swimming in shit. Jodi Picoult
“ People had figured out all sorts of ways to makethings seem different than they truly were. Jodi Picoult
“ People always want to know what it feels like, so I’ll tell you: there’s a sting when you first slice, and then your heart speeds up when you see the blood, because you know you’ve done something you… Jodi Picoult
“ Parenthood was like awakening to find a soap bubble in the cup of your palm, and being told you had to carry it while you parachuted from a dizzying height, climbed a mountain range, battled on the fr… Jodi Picoult
