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Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 11

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Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.

Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.

Sometimes, Settling, Best Things

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

You get through it, you just never get over it

Over It, Get Over

Jodi Picoult (2000). “Plain Truth: A Novel”, p.390, Simon and Schuster

Everyone deserves a happy ending.

Happy Endings, Deserve

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.

Growing Up, Mean, Kids

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

Just 'cause you can't see me don't mean I gone away.

Mean, Gone Away, Causes

People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes.

Believe, Eye, People

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.726, Simon and Schuster

When you love someone, you don't see parts of him you don't like.

When You Love Someone, Love Someone

Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live

Coward, Too Much

How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?

Book, Reading, Stories

Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

Thinking

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do

Teenager, Thinking, Different

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person

Love Is, Special, Draws

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

What if instead of focusing on what you don't have, you concentrate on what you've got?

What If, Ifs

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less

Keys, Littles, Sometimes

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.

Would Be, Way, Ifs

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.377, Penguin

When I was little, the great mystery to me was not how babies were made, but why?

Baby, Littles, Mystery

May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

Book, Adventure, Forever

What makes a treasure a treasure." Marine replied, "is how rare a find it is, when you need it the most.

Marine, Needs, Treasure

You may be real, but you're still stuck in a book.

Real, Book, May

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of those things, are you also betraying yourself?

Hands, Promise, Enemy

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.499, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes all you need to live one more day is a good reason to stick around.

Needs, Sticks, Sometimes

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief.

Grief, Judging, Boundaries

Randy Susan Meyers, M. J. Rose, Ronlyn Domingue, Sarah Pekkanen, Jodi Picoult (2013). “Atria Book Club Bites: A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story

Mean, Stories, May

Randy Susan Meyers, M. J. Rose, Ronlyn Domingue, Sarah Pekkanen, Jodi Picoult (2013). “Atria Book Club Bites: A Free Sampling of Ten Books Guaranteed to Feed Your Discussion”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

Care, Matter, Be Kind

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

The only monsters I have ever known were men.

Men, Monsters, Known

Jodi Picoult (2013). “The Storyteller”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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