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First Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too…
- The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were…
- My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy?
- I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with…
- If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social…
- And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look…
- You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a…
- My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you…
- You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you had to support…
- Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that's beause it's all a chain, and a long time ago…
- for 100,000 (dollars), you [can] flatten a house with a wrecking ball. Imagine how much less it [takes] to destroy something than it [does] to…
- It makes Faith think of a hammock in their yard, a web of rope that she thought would unravel the first time she leaned back…
- I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.
- There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.
- The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.
- I don't know the first thing about holding together a family, especially one that resembles an heirloom vase, shattered but glued back together for its…
- There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you…
- As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own…
- Coop kissed me deeply, drawing my breath from me in a long, sweet ribbon. "Perhaps I haven't mentioned it, but I'm an expert when it…
- But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll jump in front of the tracks. I'll even tie myself down in front…
More First Quotes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman
- If we bang on the first date chances are our relationship is lasting about as long as my erection. — Nikhil Saluja
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Do you know how much you mean to me? Do you know that you are the first thing I think of when… — Superman
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves,… — Kevyn Aucoin
- In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding… — Stephen Baldwin