A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up. — 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
“Just in case it... doesn't work. I want you to know, Delilah. You have been the biggest adventure of my life.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase--not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“What did you say to the people who had given you life, when you were about to intentionally throw that gift away?” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“If you had the chance, would you change what you did?" We haven't rehearsed the answer, and maybe it's the only one… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I wonder if it's putting on someone else's skin for a while that she likes so much, or if it's the option… — 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
“There are pictures of me, too, but not many. I go from infant to about ten years old in one fell swoop.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“There are no silver bullets in life; there's just the long, messy climb out of the pit you've dug yourself.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My whole life was about her, what if her whole life wasn’t all about me? — 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
“It's a good life lesson, whether or. it you ever work with wolves, Edward.No matter what you do for someone- no matter… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“In life, perfect pitch is the ability to know someone from the inside out, even better maybe than she knows herself.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think that's probably the most devastating thing - when someone who is larger than life winds up a shadow of themselves… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You can believe, for example, that a dead-end job is a career. You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Wheather it is conscious or not, you eventually make the decision to divide your life in half - before and after -… — 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