A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Perhaps he d always known that the truth of a person lies in the heart. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just so you know, when they say "Once upon a time” . . . they’re lying — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“That's a little unrealistic, don't you think? So was the Final Solution, but it got pretty far, Leo points out.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“When the truth came out, and no one wanted to be around her anymore, it stood to reason Josie wouldn’t want to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I don't really understand this. When you have so many people, each one inevitably fascinating, why would you limit yourself to only… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“The truth is, I don't want to be disappointed again. Not by someone else's shortcomings, and especially not by my own.” — 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
“A lie of omission was much simpler than admitting to yourself you were going against the wishes of the person you idolised.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Then again, it didn’t take me long in the world of corporate law to realize that truth is an afterthought in court.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
On my license, it says I'm an organ donor, but the truth is I'd consider being an organ martyr. I'm sure I'm… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“He wished he knew what to say to make her feel better, but the truth was, he didn’t feel all that great… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“We pretend that we know our children, because it's easier than admitting the truth--from the minute that cord is cut, they are… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Fitz had listened to me speak a truth we'd taken great pains never to say out loud, plus a newer, magnificent, frightening… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him;… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“you cannot take something i trust you with and use it against me -- plain truth” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“And that the half-second she is gifted before she remembers the truth is the only reason she gets up each morning.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“THE TRUTH and ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Black and bitter and never quite right.” — 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
