If God wanted us to act on instinct, we wouldn't have the power of reason. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned. Jodi Picoult taughtlessonsinspirational Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together. Jodi Picoult changing-the-worldtogetherworld Maybe knowing where you belong is not equal to knowing who you are. Jodi Picoult where-you-belongknowing-who-you-areequal [There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself. Jodi Picoult sillydramaorder You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer says it loud and clear: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Not others. What Jesus challenges us to do is to let go of the wrong done to you personally, not the wrong done to someone else. But most Christians incorrectly assume that this means that being a good christian means forgiving all sins, and the sinners. Jodi Picoult christianletting-gojesus Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who simply don't want to be in it, because we know no matter how much we struggle, we can't comfortably fit. Jodi Picoult womenstruggletogether If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? Jodi Picoult sistersiblingloss It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out. Jodi Picoult girlwantmay But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasn’t near you. Jodi Picoult importantwould-bemissing 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 face. For years, parents tell you that you can be anything, have anything, do anything. That was why she'd been so eager to grow up-until she got to adolescence and hit a big fat wall ofreality. As it turned out, she couldn't have anything she wanted. You didn't get to be pretty or smart or popular just because you wanted it. You didn't control your own destiny, you were too busy trying to fit in. Jodi Picoult wallsmartgrowing-up Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one. Jodi Picoult momrealmother You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud. Jodi Picoult happenedloudsaid I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't understand how I'm going to get from here to there. Jodi Picoult wantsaidyears I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens. Jodi Picoult pagessomewhere-elsebook As a child, what I was missing was so much bigger to me than what I had. My mother-mythic, imaginary-was a deity and a superhero and a comfort all at once. If only I'd had her, surely, she would have been the answer to every problem; if only I'd had her , she would have been the cure for everything that ever had gone wrong in my life. Jodi Picoult superheromotherchildren Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who's there to remind you what you learned along the way. Jodi Picoult differentperfectmistake When you love someone you let them take care of you. Jodi Picoult when-you-love-someonecarelove I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands. Jodi Picoult blockwritingbelieve If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand. Jodi Picoult describingifsknows Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't see clearly? Jodi Picoult love-someonewhen-you-love-someonecrime
