Promise Quotes by Jodi Picoult

11 Promise quotes by Jodi Picoult

Picoult’s take on promise feels like a quiet courtroom drama, where every line tests a character’s integrity. These eleven excerpts give a succinct look at her knack for weaving ethical dilemmas into everyday moments.

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“Only cheats go back on a promise.”

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Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break.

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Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

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I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

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Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the…

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maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mix— not a…

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Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as…

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Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a…

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Religion was supposed to be a blanket drawn up to your chin to keep you warm, a promise that when it came…

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Here are the things I know for sure: When you think you’re right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break—be they…

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There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can…

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