I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed. Jodi Picoult reasondepressionpast [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 cut, you felt pain, period. Jodi Picoult cuttingpainhurt But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock. Jodi Picoult pondsrocksstones It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them? Jodi Picoult remarkableawarenesswonderful It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get close to someone, when you started to believe they loved you: you'd be disappointed. Depend on someone, and you might as well admit you're going to be crushed, because when you really needed them, they wouldn't be there. Either that, or you'd confide in them and you added to their problems. All you ever really had was yourself, and that sort of sucked if you were less than reliable. Jodi Picoult disappointmentmistakebelieve When it's all over, you're remembered for what you did, not what you said you were going to do. Jodi Picoult rememberedover-yousaid But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. Jodi Picoult finding-someonedifferentbroken There was a fine line between love and hate you heard that cliche all the time. But no one told you that the moment you crossed it would be the one you least expected. You'd fall in love and crack open a secret door to let your soul mate in. You just never expected such closeness one day to feel like an intrusion. Jodi Picoult falling-in-lovehatedoors There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale would lead you to believe. That an ordinary person can turn into a villain, under the right circumstances. That sometimes we dragon slayers do things we aren't proud of. Jodi Picoult lifebelievechildren Add love, and all the lines between right and wrong were bound to disappear. Jodi Picoult disappearlinesadd Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not necessarily gone out of her way to avoid a relationship, but she hadn't wanted on either. It was called falling in love for a reason - because, inevitably, you crashed at the bottom. Jodi Picoult falling-in-lovegonebeautiful Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land. Jodi Picoult landprayergiving True love can break the most powerful curse Jodi Picoult most-powerfulpowerfulbreak Remember when you were a little kid and you'd fall asleep in the car? And someone would carry you out and put you into bed, so that when you woke up in the morning, you knew automatically you were home again? That's what I think it's like to die. Jodi Picoult homemorningfall People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else. Jodi Picoult why-mesometimespeople What I want, more than anything, is to turn back time a little. To become the kid I used to be, who believed whatever my mother said was one hundred percent true and right without looking hard enough to see the hairline crack. Jodi Picoult cracksmotherkids I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words. Jodi Picoult sistermotherchildren Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look at ourselves and wonder who we are and how we got that way. Only one thing about change remains constant...it is always painful Jodi Picoult funny-thingsone-daylooks If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled? Jodi Picoult heartloveromantic You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind. Jodi Picoult piecesleavingworld
