“But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Was that all it took to be brave? Knowing that someone believed in you?” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“With my heart racing, I ran in the other direction; leaving the rest of this rescue to people who actually want to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Having to face him at a competency hearing is like getting to hell and finding out that the only food available is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“There were some feelings that just didn’t have words big enough to describe them.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I hadn't been thinking, actually. I was just trying to get to a place where I'd be noticed.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“What makes a treasure a treasure is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Oh, darling, that’s what love is. It’s some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I find myself staring at the goldfish. Bright as a penny, he swims in circles, happy to be going nowhere.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Edward: You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal? he used to say to me. A plan.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“...courage wasn’t something you were bequeathed at birth, and it wasn’t a lack of fright. It was overcoming your fear, because the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“My father looked right at me, but he didn't answer. And his eyes were dazed and staring through me, like I was… — 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
“It's been forever.' The words are quiet, hidden against his shoulder. 'That's because,' Oliver says, 'you were waiting for me.' He slips… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I'd try to stuff myself into one of these scenarios, but it's like wearing a size five sneaker when your foot is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“My biggest hope for Jacob is that moments like this won't happen. My biggest fear: that they will, and I won't always… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I realize that I quite like this girl. It’s not just that she’s so pretty the words fly out of my mind… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life I begin to understand how a parent might hit a child ..it’s because you can… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“During the night he'd kicked off a sock; his toes were plump as early peas; it was all she could do not… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You want to hear something really sad?' I whisper. 'You're my best friend.' 'You're right. That is really sad.' Oliver grins. 'That's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“An oncology ward is a battlefield, and there are definite hierarchies of command. The patients, they're the ones doing the tour of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“As she gets sicker, she fades a little more, until I am afraid one day I will wake up and not be… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Isn’t that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who’s your soul mate. Someone you dream about at… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?" I blink at… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It turns out that there’s something even harder than not being able to be with the person you love when you’re happy:… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I should have known from watching Henry work at the office: programmers moved slowly and deliberately, and then waited to see the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Don't say it. Don't say nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. Don't tell me it doesn't matter because it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I pick up a pen and start to unscrew the whole thing, pull out the skinny little tube of blue ink. It… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“How do you know she’s the one for you? ...and did you ever notice how, when she’s nervous,she sings? Off-key? You like… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Jesse just smiles. He blows a smoke ring. "Sis," he says, "welcome to the Dark Side.” — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
