“ I like the word ‘evil’. Scramble it a little and you will get ‘vile’ and ‘live’. ‘Good’, on the other hand, is just a command to ‘go do’. Jodi Picoult
“ My first strike was marrying a guy without a college degree. My second and third were getting pregnant. I suppose that when I didn't go on to become the next Gloria Allred, she was justified in counti… Jodi Picoult
“ I [Jacob Hunt, Aspie] see it as the next step of evolution: I cannot take away your sadness, so why should I acknowledge it? Jodi Picoult
“ She didn't like it when religious folks looked down on her for being an atheist; but to be honest, I didn't see how this was any different from the way she looked down on people for being Christians. Jodi Picoult
“ It was easier for girls. They could say This hurts, or I don’t like how this feels, and have the complaint be socially acceptable. Boys, though, didn’t speak that language. They didn’t learn it as chi… Jodi Picoult
“ ...in a fairy tale, the story can't be altered. The prince and princess will never have a fight. You'll never hear the queen raise her voice. No on ever gets sick; no one ever gets hurt. Maybe love is… Jodi Picoult
“ I used to wonder about the fake pictures that came in frames you buy at the store—ladies with smooth brown hair and show-me smiles, grapefruit-headed babies on their sibling's knees—people who in real… Jodi Picoult
“ To find out a heart she'd believed irrevocably broken had somewhere along the way been fixed. Jodi Picoult
“ Taking a deep breath, I shake my head and find Judge staring at me. "Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans," I say. "Once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers. Jodi Picoult
“ Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the soul, if you ask me, but in the spaces between any given two people. Jodi Picoult
“ And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't mean that you've failed in some way. A kid who gets teased in one school might move to a different one, and be the… Jodi Picoult
“ There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character. Jodi Picoult
“ Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they werenight-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven.But when I asked my dad, he started talking about gas, and somehowI put it all… Jodi Picoult
“ So what do you think the physical effect was?"Roman Laughed. "Buddy," he said, "she was tripping. Jodi Picoult
