I used to believe everything my brother told me, because he was older and I figured he knew more about the world.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The jury is supposed to be twelve peers, but technically that would mean every single person on the jury should have Asperger's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I believe that you can fall in love many times with many different people. However, I don't think that you can fall… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You know why I think we still execute people? Because, even if we don't want to say it out loud-for the really… — 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
She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant;… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's hard to be the one always waiting. I mean, there's something to be said for the hero who charges off to… — 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
The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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
I watch her do the simplest things: brushing her hair into a ponytail, feeding the dog, tying Sophie's shoelaces, and I want… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility… — 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
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
Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than… — 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
