If God wanted us to act on instinct, we wouldn't have the power of reason. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least." - Julia Romano” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read… — 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
All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to put her fist through a mirror. She would tell everyone it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be-… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Families were never what you wanted them to be. We all wanted what we couldn't have: the perfect child, the doting husband,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Stupid English." "English isn't stupid," I say. "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about… — 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
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It was a strange thing, to still be in love with your wife and to not know if you liked her. What… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Suddenly I realize that this is what I've been waiting for - a man who depends entirely on me... I dreamed for… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Do you remember the summer we signed you up for camp? And the night before you left, you said you've changed your… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You could only save someone that wanted to be saved; otherwise, you'd be dragged down for the count, too.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decadence, and wonder; the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
...because he believed that if you wanted to get rid of a hole, you filled it. He had not realized at the… — 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
“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
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
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
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
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
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
“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
“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
![“I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.” quote by Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/jodi-picoult-45_best-friend_i-um-i-have-this-problem-i-broke-up-with_176200.jpg)
![“[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period.” quote by Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/jodi-picoult-45_cutting_i-don-t-think-i-was-trying-to-kill-mysel_617693.jpg)
