But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Listen, I would say, this is not how I thought our lives would go; and may be we cannot find our way… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go… — 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
This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you love someone more than he loves you, you'll do anything to switch the scales. You dress the way you think… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You don’t make peace only with God. You make it with people. Sin isn’t global. It’s personal. If you do wrong to… — 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
[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
the relationship between people knot so easily, there needs to be a person skilled at working free the threads. Sometimes, though, the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that’s because it’s all a chain, and a… — 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 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
You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The legal system works really well, if you communicate a certain way. But if you don't, it all goes to Hell in… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I adore the way he looks at me sometimes, as if love is a quantity he cannot measure scientifically, because it multiplies… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
And sometimes, he was less lucid. He'd run around his cell like a caged animal; he'd rock back and forth; he'd swing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can… — 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… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: there’s no right way and wrong way to do… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?"… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There was no easy switch that she could flip to stem the flow of feelings, no way to drain the memories that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm always writing, even when I'm not at my desk. I write on my hands. I used to write on my kids'… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But what if your obsession has nothing to do with drugs or thrills or money? What if what you want most in… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image