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

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Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike." What do you mean?" Your daughter," Dr. Keller says flatly. "I think she's seeing God.

daughter mean thinking

It makes Faith think of a hammock in their yard, a web of rope that she thought would unravel the first time she leaned back on it, but that managed to support her all the same.

yards support thinking

Objection!" Metz shouts. Grounds?" the judge asks. Well...he's my... by Jodi Picoult

Objection!" Metz shouts. Grounds?" the judge asks. Well...he's my witness!

wells witness judging

Torn between fear and something that resembled love, she wrestled with questions she never dreamed she would face: How could she leave? Then again, how could she stay?

torn faces

I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.

difficult monsters reality

What she hadn't realized was that sometimes when your vision was that sharp and true, it could cut you. That only if you'd felt such fullness could you really understand the ache of being empty.

vision cutting sometimes

You might have to lose control before you could find out what you... by Jodi Picoult

You might have to lose control before you could find out what you'd been missing.

loses missing might

She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal that was well and truly caught, she could escape only by leaving a piece of herself behind.

leaving heart animal

What you had could never make up for what you'd lost. by Jodi Picoult

What you had could never make up for what you'd lost.

lost

Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness. by Jodi Picoult

Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness.

gaps kindness people

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut stra... by Jodi Picoult

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone.

bones cutting opportunity

There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.

pain feelings watches

Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start t... by Jodi Picoult

Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.

determine outcomes substance

What is right, in the end, is not always what it seems to be, and... by Jodi Picoult

What is right, in the end, is not always what it seems to be, and some rules are better broken.

broken ends seems

The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy.

stars shining people

Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

shade black white

The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they hadn't had time to do.

done mistake people

The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love so strong it turned you inside out and left you gasping, and would be an identical match to a slice stored in the heart of a soul mate.

strong heart memories

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is,... by Jodi Picoult

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

parenting parent

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

saying-thank-you dating love