Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Is it because they are so comfortable, they already know what the other is thinking? Or is it because after a certain… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers… — 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
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
Here are the things I know for sure: When you think you’re right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break—be they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't know what you think of me. And you certainly would never picture us together. But probably peanut butter was just… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you… — 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
Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Summertime, I think, is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice-cream man; we… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When was the last time someone read aloud to you? Probably when you were a child, and if you think back, you'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
If you don't believe in yourself, and you don't have the fortitude to make that dream happen, why should the hotshots in… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think there's a beast that lives inside me, in the cavern that's where my heart should be, and every now… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to read any reviews and then I do. We're all human and when… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Logical thinking keeps you from wasting time worrying, or hoping. It prevents disappointment. Imagination, on the other hand, only gets you hyped… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you are a kid you have your own language, and unlike French or Spanish or whatever you start learning in fourth… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Would you rather spend the rest of your life thinking about us, and remembering it as something totally perfect, or would it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical… — 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
Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered.… — 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
Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike." What do you mean?"… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let them go.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It makes Faith think of a hammock in their yard, a web of rope that she thought would unravel the first time… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I know that there will be other women, but they couldn't compare. Maybe I'll change, maybe love will change, but I think… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Do you know how there are moments when the world moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting, your mind tumbling?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you… — 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
