Jodi Picoult quotes - page 5

I think her flaws make me love her even more. She's not perfect, but she's perfect to me. (Jodi Picoult)
don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie. View quote
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That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person. View quote
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You can run but you can't hide... but I can try. I feel air catch in my lungs and I get a cramp in my side and this pain, this wonderful physical pain that I can place, reminds me that after all I am still alive. View quote
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They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't even be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick. View quote
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I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me; in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to the people we love: take shots in the dark and realize too late we've wounded the people we're trying to protect. View quote
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How foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else. View quote
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If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy. View quote
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Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to love someone, how would you know what hate is? One can't exist without the other. View quote
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I think we deserve a happily-ever-after." "If anyone ever did, it's us. View quote
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I pointed to the wound. "It's missing," I said. My grandmother smiled, and that was all it took for me to stop seeing the scar, and to recognize her again. "Yes," she said. "But see how much of me is left? (Jodi Picoult)
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? View quote
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I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. View quote
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The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy. View quote
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When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies. View quote
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It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you. View quote
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A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself. View quote
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Risk always looks different when you're beating the system than when you've been beaten. View quote
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When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again. View quote
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I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in. View quote
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It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids. (Jodi Picoult)
I understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath. View quote
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I'm weird. Everyone says so. View quote
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What if instead of focusing on what you don't have, you concentrate on what you've got? View quote
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Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me. View quote
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