“ There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than… Jodi Picoult
“ There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if we should have spared them. And the mothers who have let their broken babies go, w… Jodi Picoult
“ There are all sorts of losses people suffer—from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses, your virginity. You can lose your head, you can lose your heart, you can lose your mind.… Jodi Picoult
“ The truth is, if I do miraculously manage to put the right words together, it’s by default, because I’ve already used up all the wrong ones. Jodi Picoult
“ The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: there’s no right way and wrong way to do it. We’re all just wired differently. It's also worth noting that when y… Jodi Picoult
“ The minute I stand up, I've jumped off the cliff. The world goes by in a haze of color and light; my weight accelerates, head-over-heels. Then I think, falling is the first step in learning how to fly… Jodi Picoult
“ The future may unfold in indelible strokes, but it doesn't mean we have to read the same lines over and over. Jodi Picoult
“ The bond between a mother and a child weighed nothing on a scale; it took up no room in a test tube. But most of us would have a hard time saying it didn’t exist. Jodi Picoult
“ Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about mot… Jodi Picoult
“ Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions. Jodi Picoult
“ So you see, this is why I never told my story. If you 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
“ So don't judge me, unless you've fallen asleep on a couch with your ill child, thinking this night might be her last.Ask instead: would you do it?Would you give up your vengeance against someone you h… Jodi Picoult
“ She'd take these random occurrences and elevate them to oracles; she'd pretend that they were enough to justify her actions.Or lack therof. Jodi Picoult
“ She has never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and excess. That she had managed to keep it inside her this long was astounding to James. He thought of pus… Jodi Picoult
“ She had given me my first crayons and coloring book, and had held me when I messed up, assuring me that the lines were for people with no imagination Jodi Picoult
“ Regret hung from the hem of everyone's lives, a rip cord reminder that what you want is not always what you get. Look at himself, outliving Aimee. Or Az, trying to find his daughter, only to have her… Jodi Picoult
“ Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again? Jodi Picoult
“ Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that's beause it's all a chain, and a long time ago someone did the first bad thing, and that led someone else to do another… Jodi Picoult
“ No matter how educated you are, no matter how irrational it seems, you will follow a glimmer of hope. The National Socialist German Workers Party, it was that ray of light. Nothing else was working to… Jodi Picoult
