“ A place like this wears down everything, and tolerance is no exception. In here, coexistence passes for forgiveness. You do not learn to like something you abhor; you come to live with it...You live a… Jodi Picoult
“ A mother has nine months to get used to sharing the space where her heart is; for a father it comes on sudden, like a storm that changes the landscape forever. Jodi Picoult
“ A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating. Jodi Picoult
“ Because he believed that if you wanted to get rid of a hole, you filled it. He had not realized at the time that there were all sorts of filler that took up space, but had no substance. That made you… Jodi Picoult
“ A witness is defined through what he sees, not what he says. And just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true. Jodi Picoult
“ . .we fumble through and make decisions that allow us to sleep at night- because morals are more important than ethics, and love is more important than the law. Jodi Picoult
“ When you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, whe… Jodi Picoult
“ The relationship between people knot so easily, there needs to be a person skilled at working free the threads. Sometimes, though, the only way to extricate a tangle is to cut it out and start fresh. Jodi Picoult
“ A guardian ad litem... GAL is appointed by a court to be a child's advocate during legal proceedings that involve a minor. You don't have to be a lawyer to be trained as a GAL, but you have to have a… Jodi Picoult
“ [Josie said] I just ... I don't like the way you treat kids who aren't like us, all right? Just because you don't want to hang out with losers doesn't mean you have to torture them, does it? Yeah, it… Jodi Picoult
“ You might tell yourself that candor is the foundation of a relationship, but even that would be untrue. You are far more likely to lie to yourself, or your loved one, if you think it will keep the pai… Jodi Picoult
“ You know how I see it? There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing--light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark i… Jodi Picoult
“ You give her all your french fries, even when she won't give you back onion rings,' Sophie says. 'And when you say her name it sounds different.'How?'Sophie thinks. 'Like it's covered with blankets. Jodi Picoult
“ You don’t have to say I love you to say I love you, you said with a shrug. All you have to do is say my name and I know.How?When I looked down at you, I was struck by how much of myself I could see in… Jodi Picoult
“ You did really great up there, I tell her, because I don’t know how to say what I really want to: that the people you love can surprise you every day. That maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we… Jodi Picoult
“ You cannot be doomed, after all, as long as you can still see the faint outline of hope on the opposite shore. Jodi Picoult
“ You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. Jodi Picoult
“ You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your futue Jodi Picoult
“ You can boil your life down to a single suitcase, if you desperately have to. Ask yourself what you really need, and it won't be what you imagine - you will easily toss aside unfinished work, and bill… Jodi Picoult
“ You came back fighting and furious at me. You told me you'd been looking for mermaids, and I interrupted you. [...] I said that next time, you had to take me with you.Was there a next time?Well, you t… Jodi Picoult
