There's a problem with wounded birds, Cassie," Connor said. "Either they fly away from you one day, or else they never get better. They stay hurt no matter what you do. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river. Jodi Picoult glasses loss rivers It is strange to think that we might have crossed paths, and still not have known what we were missing. Jodi Picoult missing might thinking It's like the psychiatrists themselves are buying into that stupid belief that therapy is something to hide. Jodi Picoult buying belief stupid What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is. Jodi Picoult waste home school We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which. Jodi Picoult now-and-then challenges life Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again? Jodi Picoult firm feet world I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you can choose the directors cut-the way he wanted you to see it, before everything else got in the way. There are menus, probably, so that you can start at the good spots and not have to relive the bad ones. You can measure your life by the number of scenes you’ve survived, or the minutes you’ve been stuck there. Probably, though, life is more like one of those dumb video surveillance tapes. Grainy, no matter how hard you stare at it. And looped: the same thing, over and over. Jodi Picoult cutting numbers thinking What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you’re faking. Jodi Picoult differences trying thinking Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt. Jodi Picoult hate two long There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher. Jodi Picoult differences like-you people Why do some memories bleed out of nowhere and others stay locked behind doors? Jodi Picoult behinds doors memories For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget. Jodi Picoult seems forget remember Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them. Jodi Picoult sucker strong lying Why are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again? Jodi Picoult picks happens Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one’s advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance. Jodi Picoult happenstance cloaks advantage And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade. Jodi Picoult dishonesty truth lying In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path. Jodi Picoult hurricanes path reality People don’t just disappear. There’s always a reason, or an enemy with a grudge. There’s always a loose thread that starts to unravel. Jodi Picoult grudge people enemy Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a bullet, nails on a chalkboard, promises being broken. It's a note I have never heard - this chord of pure pain - and it takes a moment to realize it is coming from me. Jodi Picoult rip pain letting-go The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store. Jodi Picoult wine lord water
