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Trying Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same…
- If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy.
- All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your…
- 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…
- When you're pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again; yet after giving birth you realize that the biggest…
- 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.…
- You can run but you can't hide... but I can try. I feel air catch in my lungs and I get a cramp in my…
- You know what I noticed when I was with Jacob? In your world, people can reach each other in an instant. There's the telephone, and…
- I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-and-cheese bake than…
- It was always easier for me to show love than to say it. The word reminded me of pralines: small, precious, almost unbearable sweet. I…
- I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to…
- Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing…
- It was a strange thing, to still be in love with your wife and to not know if you liked her. What would happen when…
- I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because…
- Nathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard,…
- Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.
- [I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you…
- it it strange, suddenly having a memory come back out of nowhere. you think you're going crazy; you wonder where this recollection has been hiding…
- What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either…
- 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…
More Trying Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. — Mary Kay Ash
- One of the great thing that A Christian can do is to draw closer to GOD inspite of all the hindrances. I… — Pacifiersucker
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — 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
- I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell. — Alan Ball
- Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all. — Swami Vivekananda