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Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 38

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but if I've learned anything, it's that we don't know half of what we think we do. And we know ourselves least of all.

but if I've learned anything, it's that we don't know half of what we think we do. And we know ourselves least of all.

Thinking, Half, I've Learned

Jodi Picoult (2007). “Perfect Match”, p.478, Simon and Schuster

Those eyes, they've got a history with mine. They were the first things I saw when I came to, after being hit in the skull with a baseball thrown by Patrick at Little League. They were the fortification I needed at sixteen to ride the chairlift at Sugarloaf, although I am terrified of heights. For almost my whole life, they've told me I'm doing all right, during moments when it was not in my own power to answer.

Baseball, Eye, Skulls

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

the relationship between people knot so easily, there needs to be a person skilled at working free the threads. Sometimes, though, the only way to extricate a tangle is to cut it out and start fresh.

Cutting, People, Needs

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

As it turns out, you can function while your heart is being torn to shreds.

Heart, Function, Torn

Jodi Picoult (2007). “Perfect Match”, p.220, Simon and Schuster

There's got to be a moment when that baby [flying] squirrel looks from the end of one branch to the tree six feet away and thinks twice about making a leap. Falling in love is no different; it's the moment that we close our eyes and throw away everything that seems reasonable and hope to God there's someone or something waiting to catch us on the other side.

Baby, Falling In Love, Eye

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

Hurt, Mean, Mind

In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself.

My Sister, Ends

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.

Lying, Would Be, Imagine

Do you know how, when you are on the verge of a breakdown, the world pounds in your ears; a rush of blood, of consequence? Do you now how it feels when the truth cuts your tongue to ribbons, and still you have to speak it?

Cutting, Blood, Ears

What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away.

Hurt, Loneliness, It Hurts

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.632, Simon and Schuster

Many trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality.

Tree, Catholic, Church

Jodi Picoult (2014). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

The problem was, you couldn't have one without the other. There couldn't be a bad guy unless there was a good guy to create the standard. And there couldn't be a good guy until a bad guy showed just how far off the path he might stray.

Guy, Might, Path

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

Hurt, Inward

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.

Majority, Minorities

Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.343, Simon and Schuster

Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

Lying, Silence, Way

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering.

Flames, Long, Lasts

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.

Being Different, Arms, Prove

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.412, Simon and Schuster

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

Thinking

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

You can miss a person you've never known.

Missing, Persons, Known

Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

You could only save someone that wanted to be saved; otherwise, you'd be be dragged down for the count, too.

Wanted, Saved

We all want to know what went wrong, even when there isn't really an answer to that question.

Answers, Want, Knows

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

May be you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.

May, Losing, Remember

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

Because the more you changed, the less of you there was.

You Changed, Changed

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.802, Simon and Schuster

What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other

Persons, Happened

Jodi Picoult (2006). “The Tenth Circle: A Novel”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

...as it turned out, growing up was just as she'd feared. One day when your alarm clock rang, you got up and realized you had someone else's thoughts in your head... or may be just your old ones, minus the hope.

Growing Up, One Day, Alarms

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