“ I release Josef, who collapses to my feet, and confesses not just to all war crimes at Auschwitz but also for being responsible for the colossal mistakes New Coke and Sex and the City 2. Jodi Picoult
“ I realize i do believe in people. In their strength to help each other, and to thrive in spite of the odds. I believe that the extraordinary trumps the ordinary,any day. I believe that having somethin… Jodi Picoult
“ I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our grocer… Jodi Picoult
“ I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there Jodi Picoult
“ I don’t think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You’re just pulled to that person like true north, whether it’s good for you or bound to break your heart. Jodi Picoult
“ I don't know why it's called getting lost. Even when you turn down the wrong street, when you find yourself at the dead end of a chain-link fence or a road that turnd to sand, you are somewhere. It ju… Jodi Picoult
“ I didn't know why it's called getting lost. even when you turn down the wrong street, when you find yourself at the dead end of a chain-link fence or a road that turns to sand, you are somewhere. It j… Jodi Picoult
“ I can't answer a single one of these, which is how I know that whether I'm ready or not, I'm growing up. Jodi Picoult
“ How incredibly easy it is to hide behind white skin, I think, looking at these probable supremacists. The benefit of the doubt is in your favor. You're not suspicious. The few black faces in the room… Jodi Picoult
“ How do you tell someone that you weren't the person he thought you were? And more importantly, how did you tell him that you'd meant the things you'd said, when everything else about you turned out to… Jodi Picoult
“ How do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen? Jodi Picoult
“ Hers were the pale gray that made you think of nightfall and silver bullets and the edge of winter. The color that filled the sky before it was torn in half by lightening. Jodi Picoult
“ Her hands quieted. Yeah. Because even if the law says that no one is responsible for anyone else, helping someone who needs it is the right thing to do. I sat down beside her, close enough that the sk… Jodi Picoult
“ He shrugged. 'I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room--but eventually, y… Jodi Picoult
“ He called dreams a 'royal road' into the unconscious, made up of all forbidden wishes you had and you wished you didn't Jodi Picoult
“ God, what we done? It didn't really matter. Piper had been the kind of friend with whom I didn't have to fill in the spaces with random conversation. It was okay to just with her. She knew that some… Jodi Picoult
“ Fuck them all. I ought to have that tattooed on my forehead, for all the times I've thought it. Jodi Picoult
“ Frankly, people don't make sense to me.' I nod in agreement. 'Frankly, people don't make sense to me either,' I say. Jodi Picoult
“ Family's not a thing, it's a place,' Shay said softly. 'It's where all the memories get kept. Jodi Picoult
