Jodi Picoult quotes - page 3

History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them. (Jodi Picoult)
The best place to cry is on a mother's arms. View quote
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If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going. View quote
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The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to. View quote
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My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct. View quote
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Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who simply don't want to be in it, because we know no matter how much we struggle, we can't comfortably fit. View quote
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Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break. View quote
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On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone. View quote
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It's choice that makes us human. View quote
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I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music. View quote
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I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it. (Jodi Picoult)
Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true. View quote
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I am Alice in Wonderland', Josie thought. 'Watch me fall. View quote
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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. View quote
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That's the paradox of loss: How can something that's gone weigh us down so much? View quote
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love doesn't follow the rules... nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable. View quote
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That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones? View quote
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I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused. View quote
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people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong. View quote
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I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again. View quote
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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)
I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke. View quote
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Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. View quote
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It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget. View quote
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If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made. View quote
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