“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
The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I sigh. “But if you’d talked to Jules—if she could hear you . . .” My voice trails off. “Then you wouldn’t… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“But here's the truth: no matter how much you might wish for it, princes don't come around every day, and happy endings… — 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
Do you know how, when you are on the verge of a breakdown, the world pounds in your ears; a rush of… — 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
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
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
“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
“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
There is no one truth. There’s only what happened, based on how you perceive it. — 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
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than… — 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
“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
If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew… — 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
“You’d be surprised how hard it is to get people to believe the truth. I guess that’s because most of the time… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You have a choice. You can just go on the facts and form your own opinions. Or you can hold the truth… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It ain’t necessarily that way, Raymond,” his grandmother had said when he told her this truth. “You been looking at the wrong… — 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
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
In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be… — 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
All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“She knows the truth can cause a sharp pain behind your eyes and that love sometimes feels like a fist around your… — 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
“You can invent any fiction and call it a life." "Sometimes, when you don't ask questions, it's not because you are afraid… — 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
Perhaps he d always known that the truth of a person lies in the heart. — 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
“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
“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
