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Takes Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing to go for…
- It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.
- 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…
- The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years…
- There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent.…
- But what if your obsession has nothing to do with drugs or thrills or money? What if what you want most in the world is…
- Justification is a remarkable thing-takes all those solid lines and blurs them, so that honor becomes as supple as a willow, and ethics burst like…
- All it takes is a second and your whole life can get turned upside down.
- Wheather it is conscious or not, you eventually make the decision to divide your life in half - before and after - with loss being…
- Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a…
- When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself inside her, because…
- We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes…
- There's an honesty to the wolf world that is liberating. There's no diplomacy, no decorum. You tell your enemy you hate him; you show your…
- I've never been in love, but I've always imagined it--weirdly--like some sort of OxiClean commercial. The TV host shows a scene from an ordinary day,…
- It takes two people to make a friendship work
- Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.
- 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…
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- Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch… — Red Auerbach
- Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight… — Marcus Aurelius
- Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully… — Diane Ackerman
- It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson