The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your face. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you don't ask questions, it's not because you are afraid that someone will lie to your face. It's because you're… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Torn between fear and something that resembled love, she wrestled with questions she never dreamed she would face: How could she leave?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Yes, she is." He looks at me, his face carved in pain. "She is dying, Sara. She will die, either tonight or… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Ross held her face between his hands and kissed her. He tasted doubt on her tongue and pain on the roof of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Suddenly I realize that this is what I've been waiting for - a man who depends entirely on me... I dreamed for… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Peter curled his hands into fists at his sides. 'Kiss me,' he said. She leaned towards him slowly, until her face was… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But I didn't frame it; I put into an envelope and sealed it and stuffed it far back into a corner drawer… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Stupid English." "English isn't stupid," I say. "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.' 'But I do. And part of being social means being civil to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I watch her do the simplest things: brushing her hair into a ponytail, feeding the dog, tying Sophie's shoelaces, and I want… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Let me guess," Eric says, "You never meant for it to happen." "Hell, yes, I did. I've wanted her since you two started dating."… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“It’s the difference between dancing along the eggshell crust of acquaintance and diving into the messy center of a relationship.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
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… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“When she had packed all the artifacts that made up their personal history into liquor store boxes, the house became strictly a feminine place.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
