Jodi Picoult Quotes

Raw love, like raw heart-ache, could blindside you.

The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.

It turns out that I learned something from my dear old dad after all: firemen are experts at getting into places they shouldn't be.

When I see him, his frame filling the doorway, I do not feel passion, excitement. I can't remember if I ever have. He makes me feel comfortable, like a favorite pair of shoes.

Her voice was caught in the shell of my ear, as if it were the ocean.

We take the elevator to the third floor, to the office of Dr. Harrison Chance. His name alone has put me off. Why not Dr. Victor?

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied.Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

That's the crazy things about lies, you start to believe them yourself." (pg. 342)

Do you ever go back?"Ruthann nods, "When I need to remember where I came from, or where I'm headed.

Chase every rung of possibility, and you still get absolutely nowhere.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right." (pg. 481)

When they laugh, it sounds like confetti.