“ Some people, they get down in a hole so deep they can't figure out what to hold on to. Jodi Picoult
“ Seems indecisive, doesn't it? Either be a period or be a comma, but make up your mind. Jodi Picoult
“ My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you shouldn't take a bath, because it could make you sick. And then s… Jodi Picoult
“ My grandmother lived a remarkable life. She watched her nation fall to pieces; and even when she became collateral damage, she believed in the power of the human spirit. She gave when she had nothing;… Jodi Picoult
“ Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit. Jodi Picoult
“ Maybe there are entire worlds where there are no fences, where feelings bears you like a tide. Jodi Picoult
“ Love is not an equation... It is not a contract, and it's not a happy ending. It is the slate under the chalk and the ground buildings rise from and the oxygen in the air. Jodi Picoult
“ It's just like nurses in a hospital tend to know more than the doctors most of the time; if you really want to get the answers to a question about court, you should spend more time buttering up the cl… Jodi Picoult
“ It was not compassion that led to Daniel's change of heart, and it was not kindness. It was realizing that, against all odds, he had something in common with Jason Underhill. Like Daniel, Jason had le… Jodi Picoult
“ It never failed to amaze Alex how, with the brush of a hand, thetrack of someone’s life might veer in a completely different direction. Jodi Picoult
“ It just goes to show you: you can put nine thousand miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll… Jodi Picoult
“ It is probably the hardest thing to understand: how even horror can become commonplace. . . You could stop expecting the most awful thing to happen, because it already had. Jodi Picoult
“ It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. It’s like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course, one that I never paid much mind to before now. Who will teach me how to parent, how to deal w… Jodi Picoult
“ Inside each of us is a monster; inside each of us is a saint. The real question is which one we nurture the most, which one will smite the other. Jodi Picoult
“ In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for… Jodi Picoult
“ I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind. Jodi Picoult
“ I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath. Jodi Picoult
“ I think that when you live in a world with limits... when you've met everyone and seem everything you're going to see - you lose the hope that something extraordinary will happen in your life Jodi Picoult
