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Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 29

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A heroin-thin boy with enough rings in his eyebrows to resemble a shower curtain rod.

A heroin-thin boy with enough rings in his eyebrows to resemble a shower curtain rod.

Boys, Eyebrows, Heroin

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after it’s faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.

Mother, Moving, Long

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and Clyde couple that ran off into the night. On the surface, we’re polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we’re the same: people think they know what they’re getting, and they’re always wrong. (Jesse)

Couple, Night, Thinking

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-and-cheese bake than any personal involvement. You hand off a serving dish and you've done your job - no need to get personally involved, and your conscience is clean. Food is the currency of aid.

Jobs, Hands, Long

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.

People, Want, Truth Is

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you.

Feel Better, People, Giving

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.

Forgiveness, Im Sorry, Mean

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

Embarrassment isn't a just cause of action.

Causes, Action, Embarrassment

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

Clueless, Adoption, Term

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.467, Simon and Schuster

Yes, she is." He looks at me, his face carved in pain. "She is dying, Sara. She will die, either tonight or tomorrow or maybe a year from now if we're really lucky. You heard what Dr. Chance said. Arsenic's not a cure. It just postpones what's coming." My eyes fill up with tears. "But I love her," I say, because that is reason enough.

Pain, Eye, Years

Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.

Rip, Believe, Motherhood

Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas - a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak.

Rip, Rain, Fall

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if we should have spared them. And the mothers who have let their broken babies go, who look at our children and see instead the faces of the ones they never met.

Mother, Baby, Children

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

Memory is like plaster: peel it back and you just might find a completely different picture.

Memories, Different, Might

I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.

Way, Sometimes, Eavesdropping

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.472, Simon and Schuster

There is no cosmic scale on which you can weigh your actions; you learn too late what choices ruin the fragile balance.

Choices, Balance, Too Late

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.456, Simon and Schuster

By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

Perfection, Definitions, Good Enough

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.475, Simon and Schuster

But as he grew older, he learned that a word was a powerful thing. An insult didn't have to be shouted to bleed; a vow didn't have to be whispered to make you believe. Hold a thought in your head, and that was enough to change the actions of anyone and anything that crossed your path.

Powerful, Believe, Path

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

Mistakes are something that happen by accident. You didn't walk out the door one morning and fall into some guy's bed. You thought about it, for a while. You made that choice.

Morning, Mistake, Fall

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

Betrayal was a stone beneath a mattress of thr bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Betrayal, Forgiving, Stones

I can give or take elephants; I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white.

Zebras, Elephants, White

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

Here's my question: What age are you when you're in Heaven?

Heaven, Age

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

Life isn't nearly as stable as we want it to be.

Want, My Sisters Keeper, Stable

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.380, Simon and Schuster

Ask a kid who's struggling in math if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he feels like a moron. Ask the math genius if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he's sick of doing all the work during group projects. Sometimes, it's better to sort like with like.

Struggle, Kids, Math

Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

Ross was a firm believer that you could not force circumstance. You could buckle your seat belt, but still crash the car. You could throw yourself in front of an oncoming train, but somehow survive. You could wait for years to find a ghost, and then have one sneak up on you when you were too busy falling in love with a woman to pay attention. To that end, he made the conscious decision to stop waiting for Lia. When he least expected her, that was when she would show up.

Falling In Love, Years, Car

Jodi Picoult (2003). “Second Glance: A Novel”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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