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Instead Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and…
- Life was what happened when all the what-if’s didn’t, when what you dreamed or hoped or – in this case – feared might come to…
- What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for…
- The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.
- I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him…
- Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead,…
- Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and…
- Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a note with their…
- I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling…
- There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if we should have…
- Maybe I was naïve to think that silence was implicit complacence, instead of a festering question. Maybe I was silly to believe that friends owed…
- By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.
- parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put into the job,…
- 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 enough; it redefined…
- The nurses, I have already learned, are the ones who give us the answers we’re desperate for. Unlike the doctors, who fidget like they need…
- It was nice not having to be the one in control, for a little while. It was nice to be the one who was protected,…
- There are so many things I can't believe. That people deserve what they get, both bad and good. That one day I'll live in a…
- What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't mean that you've…
- A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece…
- I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws.…
More Instead Quotes
- People always follow the crowd. Be brave, Dare to do something different. Let the crowd follow you. Instead you follow them. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer
- In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and… — Edward de Bono