Who I am, and what I am capable of doing has always managed to surprise me. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult 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 get-betterhurtbird remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help. Jodi Picoult firehelpingremember Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look. Jodi Picoult peoplelooksthinking Suddenly I realize that this is what I've been waiting for - a man who depends entirely on me... I dreamed for years of a man who couldn't live without me, a man who pictured my face when he closed his eyes, who loved me when I was a mess in the morning and when dinner was late and even when I overloaded the washing machine and burned out the motor. [My son] stares up at me as if I can do no wrong. I have always wanted someone who treats me the way he does; I just didn't know that I'd have to give birth to him. Jodi Picoult eyemorningson What you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did. Jodi Picoult The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that remained was the memory of how painful it had been. Jodi Picoult paininspirationallove When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you through like a sword, or it can become your backbone. Either you fall apart and sob, or you say, 'Right. What's next? Jodi Picoult runningtwofall No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back. Jodi Picoult motherlove-youfather In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it's the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you'll tell yourself in the future. Jodi Picoult differencesspacelying Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that's beause it's all a chain, and a long time ago someone did the first bad thing, and that led someone else to do another bad thing, and so on. You know, like that game where you whisper a sentence into someone's ear, and that person whispers it to someone else, and it all comes out wrong in the end. But then again, maybe bad things happen because it's the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like. Jodi Picoult gamesearslong Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. Jodi Picoult motherchildrenschool You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do. Jodi Picoult importantsweetrelationship Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot. Jodi Picoult walking-through-lifeignorancetrying The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, as doctors, as judges, and as a society, we fumble through and make decisions that allow us to sleep at night--because morals are more important than ethics, and love is more important than law. Jodi Picoult sleeplove-isnight The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die. Jodi Picoult someone-you-lovelove-isthinking It's never the differences between people that suprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common. Jodi Picoult differencesoddspeople Logical thinking keeps you from wasting time worrying, or hoping. It prevents disappointment. Imagination, on the other hand, only gets you hyped up over things that will never realistically happen. Jodi Picoult disappointmenthandsthinking The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies Jodi Picoult truthbelievelying Even the most beautiful things can be toxic. Jodi Picoult toxicbeautiful-thingsbeautiful The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: there’s no right way and wrong way to do it. We’re all just wired differently. It's also worth noting that when you meet someone, you never bother to ask if he’s right or left-handed. After all: does it really matter to anyone other than the person holding the pen? Jodi Picoult doebelieveway
