All Jodi Picoult Quotes
- Loneliness is a mirror, and recognizes itself. Inspirational
- I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget. Corrects
- That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones? Fiction
- Life was what happened when all the what-ifs didn't. All
- I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color… Cannot Remember
- be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief. Boundaries
- The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story Means
- Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter. Care
- The only monsters I have ever known were men. Ever Known
- [There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to… Admit
- You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay, when in reality you're crippled by the thought of letting another person close enough to… Another Person
- We believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist. Believe
- If words had flavors, hers would be bitter almonds and coffee grounds. Almonds
- When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right. Freedom
- But that's what love is, isn't it? When it hurts you more to see someone suffer than it does to take the pain away? Doe
- But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again? Automatically
- There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of… All
- If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays… Alive
- The thing that most people didn't understand, if they weren't in his line if work, was that a rape victim and a victim of a… Accident
- It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you,… Behind
- If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase-not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had… Been
- Hunger, she often tells me, has nothing to do with the belly and everything to do with the mind. What Mary really runs isn't a… Bakeries
- All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy, a fleeting taste… Air
- History tells us that six million Jews disappeared during that war. If there was no Holocaust, where did they go?' She shakes her head. 'All… All
- She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her. Anyone