“ As it turns out, you can love someone too much. Then, when they leave, your heart goes missing. And no on can survive that great a loss. Jodi Picoult
“ As a kid, his favorite toy had been a snow globe, that held a small town of gingerbread buildings and peppermint streets. He’d wanted so badly to live there that one day he’d smashed the glass ball -… Jodi Picoult
“ And yet, you never knew wwhat you were capable of until you arrived at that given moment. Life was just a whole string of spots where you continued to surprise yourself. Jodi Picoult
“ You saved me, I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. I had to, he said. So you could save me back. Jodi Picoult
“ You can widen the feet of a compass, but they are still attached at the top; you can spin them away from each other, but you always wind up where you started. Jodi Picoult
“ That's overcompensating, and that's just as bad, I say. Your say you don't see color … but that's all you see. You're so hyperaware of it, and trying to look like you aren't prejudiced, you can't even… Jodi Picoult
“ She believed that unadulterated devotion had its share of protective power, as if love were a steel grinder that Fates could not snip through. She also believed that the moment you relaxed your guard,… Jodi Picoult
“ Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that’s because it’sall a chain, and a long time ago someone did the first bad thing, and that led someone else to doanother… Jodi Picoult
“ My mother nods toward Violet and her little friend, sprinkling grass over their mud pies. This has been going on so much longer than either of us, Kennedy. From where you stepped in, in your life, it… Jodi Picoult
“ Mothers are supposed to be their children's biggest cheerleaders. Mothers are supposed to believe in their children, no matter what. Mothers will lie to themselves, if necessary, to do this. Jodi Picoult
“ Love is not an equation, as your father once wanted me to believe. It's 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 i… Jodi Picoult
“ Logical thinking keeps you from wasting time worrying, or hoping. It prevents disappointment. Imagination, on the other hand, only gets you hyped up over things that will never realistically happen. Jodi Picoult
“ I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens. Jodi Picoult
“ It is amazing how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with. Jodi Picoult
“ In the wild, a mother elephant and her daughter will stay together until one or the other dies. But there is one exception: In a year when there are limited resources— a drought, say, or a herd that h… Jodi Picoult
“ I'm sorry. I love you, but it's an enormous conflict of interest.Her head snaps up, You love me?What? MY face is suddenly on fire. I never said that.You did. I heard it.I said I'd love to.No, Sage say… Jodi Picoult
“ I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong. Jodi Picoult
“ I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decadence, and wonder; the knowledge that, with just a single taste of him, I was addicted. Jodi Picoult
“ I love feeling loved. I don’t love knowing that I will always come in second place. I love the fact that at least sometimes when I am in my home, I’m not alone.I don’t love the fact that it’s not alwa… Jodi Picoult
“ I love feeling loved.I don't love knowing that I will always come in second place.I love the fact that at least sometimes when I am in my home, I'm not alone.I don't love the fact that it's not always… Jodi Picoult
