Jodi Picoult quotes - page 10

Love [is] supposed to move mountains, to make the world go round, to be all you need, but it [falls] apart at the deatils. It [can't] save a single person. (Jodi Picoult)
What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in the stars. View quote
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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. View quote
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You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you're afraid for the next moment, because it couldn't possibly be quite as good? That's what it felt like. View quote
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Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home. View quote
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After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic... only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues? View quote
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Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole. View quote
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And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded. View quote
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I know you love me. The question is, how much? View quote
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What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior. View quote
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Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces. (Jodi Picoult)
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. View quote
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Relationships always sounded so physically painful: you fell in love, you broke a heart, you lost your head. Was it any wonder that people came through the experience with battle scars? View quote
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I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere. View quote
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When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]? View quote
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Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you. View quote
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You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all. View quote
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Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued. View quote
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The only way someone can leave you is if you let them. View quote
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If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go? View quote
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remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help. (Jodi Picoult)
You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself. View quote
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if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will. View quote
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My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse. View quote
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It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them? View quote
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