In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn h... by Jodi Picoult

In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path.

Jodi Picoult

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I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

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You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold some... by Jodi Picoult

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

unwanted wall life

If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

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Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you. by Jodi Picoult

Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.

smart cat thinking

History could hover, like a faint perfume or a memory stamped on... by Jodi Picoult

History could hover, like a faint perfume or a memory stamped on the back of one's eyelids.

perfume eyelids memories

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve... by Jodi Picoult

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get.

my-sisters-keeper realizing long

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

instinct family mother

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers.... by Jodi Picoult

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

choices fall thinking

$After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can... by Jodi Picoult$

After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.

stress broken heart

Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be resc... by Jodi Picoult

Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.

superhero mind people

Besides the obvious difference, there was not much distinction between losing a best friend and losing a lover: it was all about intimacy. One moment, you had someone to share your biggest triumphs and fatal flaws with; the next minute, you had to keep them bottled inside. One moment, you'd start to call her to tell her a snippet of news or to vent about your awful day before realizing you did not have that right anymore; the next, you could not remember the digits of her phone number.

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When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's sa... by Jodi Picoult

When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.

different names love

Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true.

secret want mean

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get? by Jodi Picoult

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

what-you-deserve karma fate

I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.

eye reflection children

I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me for this: I have done what I've sworn I could never do; I have become my own nightmare... I have lost control.

atrocities nightmare done

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

first-love inspirational years

Infatuation's just another word for not seeing clearly. When you start to love a person- that's when they become real

infatuation real persons

I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.

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