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There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

Inspirational, Recovery, Dark

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

Listen,” she said. “I may not be what you want right now, but I’m all you’ve got.

May, Want, Said

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

The desperate usually succeed because they have nothing to lose.

Succeed, Desperate, Nothing To Lose

Jodi Picoult (2005). “Vanishing Acts”, p.328, Simon and Schuster

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

Happiness, Happy, Reality

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.897, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

Want, Sometimes, My Sisters Keeper

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.437, Simon and Schuster

The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.

Heart, Soul, Firsts

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.

Forget, Worried, Celebrate

Interview with Kat Tancock, www.canadianliving.com. January 22, 2007.

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

Fall, Eggs, Height

"Salem Falls". Book by Jodi Picoult (Page 112), www.huffingtonpost.com. 2001.

This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.

Perfect, Heartbeat, Photograph

Jodi Picoult (2012). “Lone Wolf: A Novel”, p.383, Simon and Schuster

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

Memories, Language Of Love, Language

When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies.

Lying, Want Something, Want

Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Writing, Might, Pages

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

True Love, Heart, Love Is

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.

Hero, Simple, Hands

Jodi Picoult (2003). “Second Glance”, p.450, Simon and Schuster

It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.

Lying, Believe, Two

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

Happiness is what you choose to remember.

Remember, You Choose

Beliefs are the roads we take to our dreams. Believe you can do something-or believe you can't-and you'll be right everytime.

Dream, Believe, Belief

Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that's not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.

Love, Life, People

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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

Eye, Religion, Sometimes

Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.

Details, Sometimes, Forget You

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.352, Simon and Schuster

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

Moving On, Past, Behind You

Jodi Picoult (2001). “Salem Falls”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.

Past, Forgiving, Important

FaceBook post by Jodi Picoult from Aug 07, 2015

They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.

Views, Way, Looks

When you are attracted to people, it's because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.

Love, Kindness, Eye

Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.458, Simon and Schuster

The ability to find sparks may be buried so deep in you that you stop believing there's a God. Until someone comes along, with so much light in her that you can't help but see your own, and when you're together,that light grows even brighter.

Believe, Light, Together

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