“ But what if-- I realize that I don't want him to disappear. I may not fully believe he's real; I may not understand why I can hear him speaking to me--but I sort of like it. I like knowing that of all… Jodi Picoult
“ But identification is not the same as knowing someone through and through—the man you fell in love with years ago might look the same and speak the same and smell the same yet be completely different. Jodi Picoult
“ Best place to be? Adrienne asks after a moment.Before, I answer, because I know she'll understand. Jodi Picoult
“ Beliefs are the roads we take to reach our dreams. Believe you can do something—or believe you can’t—and you’ll be right every time. Jodi Picoult
“ Because when you get right down to it, the only person you should trust is the one you'd lay down your life for. Jodi Picoult
“ Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter. Jodi Picoult
“ At seventeen, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept you was as vital as oxygen. Jodi Picoult
“ At any moment, a person can start over. And that’s not half a life, but simply a real one. Jodi Picoult
“ As it turns out, public defenders are less Superman and more Sisyphus, and there’s no small number of lawyers who wind up crushed under the weight of the infinite caseloads and the crappy hours and th… Jodi Picoult
“ As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream. Jodi Picoult
“ As I watched her, I understood why a mother would starve herself to feed a baby; how there was always time and room for a child to curl close to her side; how she could be soft enough to serve as a pi… Jodi Picoult
“ Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and Clyde couple that ran off into the night. On the surface, we’re polar opposite… Jodi Picoult
“ And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded Jodi Picoult
“ And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you. Jodi Picoult
“ And he made love to her, offering his body in both tenderness and anger, unsure which was the best way to pass her bits of his soul so that she could patch her own with it Jodi Picoult
“ And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. —KAHLIL GIBRAN The Prophet Jodi Picoult
“ All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your face. For years, parents tell you that you can be anything, ha… Jodi Picoult
“ After years of seeing the world in absolutes, he has taught me how to pick out all the shades of possibilities. Jodi Picoult
