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Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 40

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Marina sighs. Love's a tidal wave, she says. Because it sweeps you off your feet? I ask. No. Because it sucks you under and you drown.

Marina sighs. "Love's a tidal wave," she says. "Because it sweeps you off your feet?" I ask. "No. Because it sucks you under and you drown.

Feet, Wave, Sigh

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

You know why I think we still execute people? Because, even if we don't want to say it out loud-for the really heinous crimes, we want to know that there's a really heinous punishment. Simple as that. We want to bring society closer together-huddle and circle our wagons-and that means getting rid of people we think are incapable of learning a moral lesson. I guess the question is: Who gets to identify those people? And what if, God forbid, they got it wrong?

Mean, Simple, Thinking

The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow.

Blow, Heartache, Way

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #1: Songs of the Humpback Whale, Plain Truth, and Salem Falls”, p.1180, Simon and Schuster

Teachers deserve respect," I explain. "Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it?

Teacher, Deserve

Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was all going to turn out, so that he wouldn't have to bother going through the motions.

Book, Sometimes, Speak

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.

Fire, Flames, Leap

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

A woman isn't all that different from a bonfire. A fire's a beautiful thing, right? Something you can't take your eyes off, when it's burning. If you can keep it contained, it'll throw light and heat for you. It's only when it gets out of control that you have to go on the offensive.

Beautiful, Eye, Fire

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.857, Simon and Schuster

Why is it that only in the very beginnings of a relationship are you aware of the heat coming from inside a person, of the number of inches you would have to move for your shoulders to brush as if it were an accident?

Moving, Numbers, Heat

Jodi Picoult (1996). “Mercy”, p.195, Penguin

I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

Thinking, Broken, Promise

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.158, Penguin

I loved Alex so much that it was easier to let him hurt me than to watch him hurt himself.

Hurt, Watches, Alex

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.224, Penguin

It still hurts," she whispered. "Even when you're doing it for someone else, that doesn't stop your ribs from getting cracked, or your wrist swelling, or your cuts from bleeding.

Hurt, Cutting, Ribs

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.315, Penguin

There was, really, nothing you could use as a blueprint for your life, except your past. There was no starting over. There was only picking up the pieces someone had left behind.

Past, Starting Over, Use

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Picture Perfect”, p.378, Penguin

I've always been able to see you," I say. "It's a rather lovely view.

Views, Lovely, Able

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

You keep distracting me,” I tell her. “All I’m doing is sitting here talking to you!” “Exactly,” I say, and I smile at her.j

Talking, Sitting, I Smile

[Jules] slides into a seat beside me with her hot lunch tray, sighing. “Four hours, thirty-six minutes, and twelve seconds till we’re out of purgatory for the weekend.” “Maybe later,” I murmur, still distracted by the day’s previous events. “So, let me show you how a conversation works. I say something, and then you say something back that actually relates to what I was talking about, as if you were even the least bit interested.” “Huh?” I say.

Weekend, Talking, Lunch

People in the real world would kill for a happily ever after, and you're willing to just throw it away ?" I look away from her. "It's hardly a happily ever after when you wind up right at the beginning.

Real, Wind, People

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.

Loss, Missing, Feels

Jodi Picoult (2011). “Sing You Home: A Novel”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it.

Thinking, Decision, Realizing

Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

You don't make a friend," Jacob said with a scowl. "It's not like they come with directions like you'd find on a box of macaroni and cheese.

Cheese, Like You, Boxes

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.1131, Simon and Schuster

The problem was , you never heard anyone say,"wow, check out the brain on that babe.

Brain, Wow, Problem

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

And just like that, something inside shifted very subtly, so that all the empty spaces in him suddenly disappeared, so that his breath timed to hers, so that his blood sang. This is why there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that just didn’t have words big enough to describe them.

Blood, Space, Feelings

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2012). “Between the Lines”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg.

Character, Talking, Tip Of The Iceberg

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

Maybe the reason I've never died in this story is that I've never had something worth dying for before.

Dying, Stories, Reason

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

Who spit in your porridge?

Spit, Porridge

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?

Book, Thinking, Want

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

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