“ Librarians were somewhat on a par with God-who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to so many different types of questions? Knowledge was power, but a good librarian did not… Jodi Picoult
“ Justification is a remarkable thing-takes all those solid lines and blurs them, so that honor becomes as supple as a willow, and ethics burst like soap bubbles. Jodi Picoult
“ Just in case it... doesn't work. I want you to know, Delilah. You have been the biggest adventure of my life. Jodi Picoult
“ Just because you can't see something, doesn't mean I don't. I can't explain it, I can't understand it, and I can't deny it. So I sure as hell am not gonna fight it. Jodi Picoult
“ It’s the Lord’s will, she said quietly. You get through it. You just never get over it. Jodi Picoult
“ It’s silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself. Jodi Picoult
“ It's the way he gets noticed, you know? I mean, imagine what it would be like if you were a squirrel living in the elephant cage at the zoo. Does anyone ever go there and say, Hey check out that squir… Jodi Picoult
“ It's never the differences between people that suprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common. Jodi Picoult
“ It's like a telescope. My dad, no matter what he's doing, zooms right in so he can't see anything except what's right there with him at that minute. My mom, she's always on wide angle. Jodi Picoult
“ It's hard to be the one always waiting. I mean, there's something to be said for the hero who charges off to battle, but when you get right down to it there's a whole story in who's left behind. Jodi Picoult
“ It's crazy, right? To love someone who's hurt you? It's even crazier to think that someone who hurts you loves you. Jodi Picoult
“ It was the sort of place where you could hear the tumblers of your mind falling into place as you pieced thought together, as you tried to match it to action. Jodi Picoult
“ It was possible, Trixie supposed, that everyone had two faces: Some of us did a better job of hiding it than others. Jodi Picoult
“ It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t. Jodi Picoult
“ It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly. Jodi Picoult
“ It was a hairline crack, one might never have noticed, except for the fact it grew wider and wider, until there was a canyon between them. A child's job, ostensibly, was to grow up. So why, when it ha… Jodi Picoult
“ It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it. Jodi Picoult
“ It is such a heady rush to be the object of someone’s attention in a good way, not as a freak, that I keep forgetting to hide. Jodi Picoult
“ It is strange to think that we might have crossed paths, and still not have known what we were missing. Jodi Picoult
