“ I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certai… Jodi Picoult
“ I'm sorry, I sobbed. I'm helpless.That's where you're wrong, she told me. You're mot helpless. You need help. There's a big difference. Jodi Picoult
“ I wont let you fall, he said, and because he never did, the world from that vantage point stops being so crazy. Jodi Picoult
“ I wonder, when women who buy beautiful ivory jewelry fasten those elaborate pendants around their throats, if they are choked by sadness. Jodi Picoult
“ I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it. Like scanning the newspaper headline at a red light, and therefore missing the rogue van tha… Jodi Picoult
“ I tell them that there is nothing more selfish than trying to change someone's mind because they don't think like you. Just because something is different does not mean it should not be respected. Jodi Picoult
“ I remember for that one moment, I believe I was hitch hiking on one of those comets, falling so fast that I'd surely burn away before I ever hit the ground. Jodi Picoult
“ I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those childre… Jodi Picoult
“ I pointed to the wound. It's missing, I said.My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. Yes, she said. But see how much of me is left? Jodi Picoult
“ I have only known her for two years. But if you took every memory, every moment, if you stretched them end to end-they'd reach forever. Jodi Picoult
“ I got precious little time for you to belong to me. I’m gonna make sure it isn’t any shorter than it has to be. Jodi Picoult
“ I don't know what it is about death that makes it so hard. I suppose it's the one-sided communication; the fact that we never get to ask our loved one if she suffered, if she is happy wherever she is… Jodi Picoult
“ I don't know the first thing about holding together a family, especially one that resembles an heirloom vase, shattered but glued back together for its beauty, and no one mentions that you can see the… Jodi Picoult
“ I don't believe in self-pity. I think it's for people who have too much time on their hands. Instead of dreaming of a miracle, you learn to make your own. Jodi Picoult
“ I don't believe in God. But sitting there, in a room full of those who feel otherwise, I realize that I do believe in people. In their strength to help each other, and to thrive in spite of the odds,… Jodi Picoult
“ I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't understand how I'm going to get from here to there. Jodi Picoult
“ I asked her sister for a cell number, at least, but something tells me that 401-GO2-HELL is out of service. Jodi Picoult
“ How many times would I throw this away before I realized it was what I had been looking for all along? Jodi Picoult
