Quotes by Jodi Picoult

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?

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

because in the past words have only driven them apart.

Males conspicuously leaving their mark to let others know where they weren't welcome.

What you know isn't nearly as important as who you know. Who will miss you. Who you will miss.

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal? He used to say to me. A plan.

Then Henry speaks again. Did he do it? I turn to him slowly. Does it matter?

Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.

If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

It is a curious thing, watching a strong man fall to pieces.

Suddenly this is all too hard. I am tired of putting up walls. I want someone with the strength - and the honesty - to break them down.

I believe that having something to hope for even if it's just a better tomorrow is the most powerful drug on this planet

Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

No matter how educated you are, no matter how irrational it seems, you will follow a glimmer of hope.

There are some trajectories you cannot change, no matter what you do.

The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.

People who are comfortable- people who are content- they don't create art.

Art isn't what you see. It's what you remember.

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.

I truly believed that the cost of success for us shouldn't be the cost of failure for a good friend.

A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you.

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations

I've got a Don Baylor," J.T. said."California sucks this year."Ralph snickered. "I wouldn't use a Baylor card to scrape dog shit off the street.

So what do you think the physical effect was?"Roman Laughed. "Buddy," he said, "she was tripping.

A robber? In the trash bins? Honestly, Wes. This is Salem Falls, not the set of Law and Order.

If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?

The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

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

Afterward, he places the chest film on the light panel outside the door. Kate's ribs seem as thin as matchsticks, and there is a large gray blot just off the center. My knees go weak, and I find myself grabbing on to Brian's arm. "It's a tumor. The cancer

The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it... some stories just don't have a happy ending.

Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

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

A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it

You know someone's right for you when the things they don'thaveto say are even more important than the things they do.

So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him, you swallowed him whole. Love was substance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream.

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

Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

I love you," he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved someone, you put their needs before your own. No matter how inconceivable those needs were; no matter how fucked up; no matter how much it made you feel like you were ripping yourself into pieces.

When you love someone you let them take care of you.

My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

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.

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

What if love wasn't the act of finding what you were missing but the give-and-take that made you both match?

I'm lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent? I also get mad too quickly, and I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has it's own zip code. Plus, I get certifiably crazy when I've got PMS.

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you.

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.

And he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.

You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

What does not kill us makes us stronger.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Lost time is never found again.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.

Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

Fear doesn't shut you down; it wakes you up.

You can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting them back together.

Healing is more about accepting the pain and finding a way to cope with it.

The truth doesn’t always set you free; sometimes it binds you.

Sometimes we need to be sacrificed so that others can live.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Love is not what you say. Love is what you do.

Friendship isn’t about being inseparable; it’s about being separated and knowing nothing will change.

Choices are what we live for, what we fight for.

Grief is a strange thing; we are all forced to wear it differently.

We are all flawed, but we’re still perfect.

Change isn't always for the better.

Sometimes, the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

You can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Sometimes you don’t see that the best thing that ever happened to you is sitting there, right under your nose.

There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.

Hope is the spark that ignites our dreams; it’s the flame that keeps us going.

Empathy is the ability to see the world through another’s eyes; it’s the foundation of compassion.

Justice is the pursuit of fairness; it’s the quest for equality.

Education is the key to unlocking our potential; it’s the path to enlightenment.

Memories are the treasures we carry with us; they’re the moments that define us.

Kindness is the universal language that transcends all barriers.

Parenting is the art of nurturing and guiding the next generation.

Fear is the shadow that follows us; it’s the obstacle we must overcome.

Legacy is the mark we leave on the world; it’s the impact we have on others.

Truth is the light that dispels the darkness; it’s the beacon of hope.

Resilience is the strength to keep going, even when the path is difficult.

Humanity is the shared bond that connects us all.

Trust is the foundation of every relationship; it’s the glue that holds us together.

Compassion is the heart’s response to another’s pain.

Courage is the voice that whispers in the face of fear.

Secrets are the ghosts that haunt us; they’re the whispers in the dark.

Hope is the anchor that keeps us steady in the storm.

Grief is the shadow of love; it’s the price we pay for caring.

Time is the canvas on which we paint our lives.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door to freedom.

Life is a series of moments; it’s the journey, not the destination.

Morality is the fabric of society; it’s what binds us together.

Relationships are the mirrors in which we see ourselves reflected.

Family is the compass that guides us through life’s journey.

Choices are the forks in the road that define our journey.

Love is the thread that ties our hearts together.

Identity is the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

Secrets have a way of unraveling, no matter how tightly they’re wound.

Dreams are the blueprints of our future; they shape our destiny.

Humanity is not defined by our differences, but by our commonalities.

Change is the only way to grow; it’s the seed of transformation.

Hope is the light that guides us through the darkest nights.

Empathy is the bridge between different worlds.

Justice is not about retribution, but about restoration.

Education is not just about learning facts, but about learning to think.

Memories are the footprints we leave behind on the sands of time.

Kindness is the thread that weaves humanity together.

Parenting is not about being perfect, but about being present.

Fear is the barrier between what is and what could be; it’s the price of progress.

Your legacy isn’t what you leave behind, but what you inspire in others.

Truth is like a kaleidoscope; each turn reveals a new perspective.

Resilience is not just the ability to recover, but the ability to sustain and thrive.

Our humanity is defined by the choices we make when no one is watching.

Trust is built in the small moments, the everyday decisions that show you care.

Compassion is the gift you give yourself when you choose to see the world through another’s eyes.

Courage isn’t the roar of a lion; it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'

Secrets are like shadows; they only exist where there is light.

Hope isn’t a destination, it’s a journey you make one step at a time.

Grief is the price we pay for love; it’s the echo that reverberates through time.

Time has a way of folding back on itself, bringing us to places we thought we’d left behind.

Forgiveness isn’t about letting someone off the hook; it’s about freeing yourself from the past.

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

Morality is the sum of what you do, not what you say.

Every relationship is a give and take. You have to decide what’s worth giving up.

Family isn’t about genetics, it’s about faith.

The hardest choices are the ones you make when you know they’ll change your life.

Love doesn’t keep a ledger of wrongs and rights; it’s a series of acts that lead to understanding.

Your identity isn’t what others decide for you, but what you make of it.

The problem with secrets is that they always come out, one way or another.

The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.

Humanity isn’t about avoiding the darkness, it’s about choosing to face it with dignity.

Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.

The only constant in life is change, and the only change that matters is the one that comes from within.

Hope isn’t about thinking something will turn out well; it’s about believing you can make it so.

Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to.

Justice is a decision, not a result.

The best teachers are the ones who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.

Memories aren’t always about the past; they can be the maps to the future.

Kindness is always motivated by something deeper, something real.

Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.

Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.

Our stories are how we live on after we’re gone.

Truth isn’t always beautiful, but the hunger for it is.

The human spirit is extraordinary in its resilience.

What makes us human is the knowledge that we can choose our destiny.

Trust is like a paper; once it’s crumpled, it can’t be perfect again.

Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside someone else’s skin.

Dreams are what keep a man going. They’re like the tail that wags the dog.

Time is like an accordion; you can stretch it, you can squeeze it, but you can never reverse it.

Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s realizing that there’s something more important than fear.

Secrets are like mathematics; the more you know, the more you want to find out.

Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital.

Grief is like a splinter deep into every day; you don’t remember it’s there until it hurts.

Sometimes, you don’t have to die to lose someone.

When you don’t know what to do, do nothing. The answer will come.

Justice will never be achieved when the laws are written by those who benefit from injustice.

The act of naming something is the act of taking control of it.

Change is what we’re all taught to fear. But change is what I’ve learned to embrace.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

Forgiving isn’t something you do for someone else. It’s something you do for yourself.

Family is like water—it has a way of finding its own level.

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped lies.

Love is not a because, it’s a no matter what.

It’s never just about picking right or wrong. It’s about living with what’s in between.

You can’t exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.

You can’t edit a blank page.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

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