“It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
eskimos maybe? believed stars were holes in the sky where people who died could peek through at you — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
On the surface, we're polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we're the same: people think they know what they're getting, and they're… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are so many things I can't believe. That people deserve what they get, both bad and good. That one day I'll… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
...when people we love make choices, we don't always understand them. But we can go on loving them, just the same. It… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
i know what it's like to wake up thinking you will be able to cast the people who play the starring roles… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world… — 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
Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Whether or not belive in Fate comes down to one thing: who you blame when something goes wrong. Do you think it's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You have everything," she said slowly, as if she were explaining the order of the world to a small child. "A family,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But thats not true, is it? You know, and… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People in the real world would kill for a happily ever after, and you're willing to just throw it away ?" I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“People move too fast and talk too much, and before you know it, they come back to a place they don't want… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The thing that most people didn't understand, if they weren't in his line if work, was that a rape victim and a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst;… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There was no black or white. Someone who had been good her entire life could, in fact, do something evil. People were… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith.… — 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
