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Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 34

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Peter curled his hands into fists at his sides. 'Kiss me,' he said. She leaned towards him slowly, until her face was too close to be in focus. Her hair fell over Peter's shoulder like a curtain and her eyes closed. She

Peter curled his hands into fists at his sides. 'Kiss me,' he said. She leaned towards him slowly, until her face was too close to be in focus. Her hair fell over Peter's shoulder like a curtain and her eyes closed. She smelled like autumn-like apple cider and slanting sun and the snap of the coming cold. He felt his heart scrambling, caught inside the confines of his own body. Josie's lips landed just on the edge of his, almost his cheek and not quite his mouth. 'I'm glad I wasn't stuck in here alone,' she said shyly, and he tasted the words, sweet as mint on her breath.

Sweet, Heart, Eye

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.1147, Simon and Schuster

He rises over me, a second sun, and fills me with light and heat.

Light, Sun, Heat

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.1177, Simon and Schuster

But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

Sneakers, Shoes, Feet

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

What makes you walk past thirty-thousand people without a second glance, and then you look at the thirty-thousandth-and-first person and know you'll never take your eyes off her again?

Eye, Past, People

Jodi Picoult (2003). “Second Glance”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

We have been naive enough to believe that we were invincible; that we could run blind through the hairpin turns of life at treacherous speeds and never crash.

Running, Believe, Blind

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Perfect Match”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.

Mother, Surface

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.383, Simon and Schuster

I truly believed that the cost of success for us shouldn't be the cost of failure for a good friend.

Good Friend, Cost

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.819, Simon and Schuster

I could not remember my first kiss, but I could have told you Charlotte would be my last.

Kissing, Would Be, First Kiss

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.401, Simon and Schuster

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

Grief, Bereavement, Band

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.422, Simon and Schuster

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

Hands, Faces, Sides

Jodi Picoult (2007). “Perfect Match”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

Nathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard, because it hurts less than everything else.

Hurt, Fall, Eye

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Perfect Match”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

When you can not find someone, it is because you've been misdirected to look elsewhere

Looks, Invisibility, Can Not

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

eskimos maybe? believed stars were holes in the sky where people who died could peek through at you

Stars, Sky, People

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.507, Simon and Schuster

if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.

Ifs

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.311, Simon and Schuster

Religion was supposed to be a blanket drawn up to your chin to keep you warm, a promise that when it came to the end, you wouldn't die alone - but it could just as easily leave you shivering out in the cold, if WHAT you believed became more important than the fact THAT you believed.

Promise, Important, Facts

Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the world was still hung up on punctuation.

Kissing, Age, World

Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.373, Simon and Schuster

I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in.

Believe, Like You, Feels

Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

Life was all about being in a certain place, at a certain time.

Certain

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.471, Simon and Schuster

The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets here, the dog will just be a dog. 2. The terrible twos last through age three. 3. Never ask your child an open-ended question, such as "Do you want to go to bed now?" You won't want to hear the answer, believe me. "Do you want me to carry you upstairs, or do you want to walk upstairs to go to bed?" That way, you get the outcome you want and they feel empowered.

Baby, Dog, Children

"House Rules". Book by Jodi Picoult, March 2, 2010.

It's like picking up an unfamiliar piece of sheet music & starting to stumble through it, only to realize it is a melody you'd once learned by heart, one you can play without even trying.

Heart, Play, Trying

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.

Summer, Hair, Snow

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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.

Thinking, World, Problem

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.1339, Simon and Schuster

You came back fighting and furious at me. You told me you'd been looking for mermaids, and I interrupted you. [...] I said that next time, you had to take me with you." "Was there a next time?" "Well, you tell me, you don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

Fighting, Water, Mermaid

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

in nineteen minutes you can norder a pizza and have it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have your oil changed. You can walk a mile. You can sew a hem. In nineteen minutes you can get revenge.

Children, Revenge, Oil

I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.

Song, Skins, Violin

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