The legal system works really well, if you communicate a certain way. But if you don't, it all goes to Hell in a handbasket really quickly. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it. Jodi Picoult hunger different revenge Loneliness is a mirror, and recognizes itself. Jodi Picoult loneliness mirrors I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget. Jodi Picoult grandmother forget remember sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. Jodi Picoult feelings trying sometimes be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief. Jodi Picoult grief judging boundaries The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story Jodi Picoult stories may mean Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter. Jodi Picoult be-kind care matter The only monsters I have ever known were men. Jodi Picoult known monsters men You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay, when in reality you're crippled by the thought of letting another person close enough to popentially scar you even more deeply. You can tell yourself that it's safer to love someone who will never really love you back, because you can't lose someone you never had. Jodi Picoult love-you reality people We believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist. Jodi Picoult want believe needs Life was what happened when all the what-ifs didn't. Jodi Picoult happened ifs I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with. Jodi Picoult coats color lying When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right. Jodi Picoult away-from-you privilege taken But that's what love is, isn't it? When it hurts you more to see someone suffer than it does to take the pain away? Jodi Picoult pain hurt love-is But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again? Jodi Picoult definitions monsters mean 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 bad luck. And yet, woven tightly, family can be the strongest bond imaginable. Jodi Picoult rip greed luck When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens. Jodi Picoult use fiction thinking I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life. Jodi Picoult childhood husband kids For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is. Jodi Picoult issues important mind I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess. Jodi Picoult able writing drama
