“ It is amazing, what you can make yourself believe, when you have to, Josef says. If you keep telling yourself you are a certain kind of person, eventually you become that person. Jodi Picoult
“ Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed. Jodi Picoult
“ If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand. Jodi Picoult
“ If you were drifting with a thousand other people, could you really still say you were lost? Jodi Picoult
“ If there’s a physical component to falling in love—the butterflies in your stomach, the roller coaster of your soul—then there’s an equal physical component to falling out of love. It feels like your… Jodi Picoult
“ If the past few months have taught me anything, it's that friendship is a smoke screen. The people you think are solid turn out to be mirrors and light; and then you look down and realize there are ot… Jodi Picoult
“ I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you. Jodi Picoult
“ I've thought about all the things I could have done differently, and if it would have led to another outcome. But thinking doesn't change anything, does it? Jodi Picoult
“ I've thought a lot about it: how you can ricochet from a moment where you are on top of the world to one where you are crawling at rock bottom. I've thought about all the things I could have done diff… Jodi Picoult
“ I'm sick and tired of people in my life abandoning me, and she will be just one more. So I do what is easiest, when I feel like I'm in danger of being left behind. I make sure I'm the one to walk away… Jodi Picoult
“ I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right t… Jodi Picoult
“ I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it. Jodi Picoult
“ I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room—but eventually, you learn to liv… Jodi Picoult
“ I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you can choose the directors cut-the way he wanted you to see it, before everything else got in the… Jodi Picoult
“ I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with. Jodi Picoult
“ I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you. Jodi Picoult
“ I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility is really just knotting your body in a certain way and l… Jodi Picoult
