Jodi Picoult Quotes about Regret

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I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was correct - there was an ingredient in my baking more concenctrated than any extract, more

I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was correct - there was an ingredient in my baking more concenctrated than any extract, more pungent than any spice; an ingredient that everyone would recognize and no one was able to name: it was regret, and it rose when one least expected.

Jodi Picoult

Regret, Names, Rose

Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.689, Simon and Schuster

My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.

Jodi Picoult

Dad, Regret, Car

Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

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Regret, Ocean, Water

Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

let me tell you what happens when you cook down the syrup of loss over the open fire of sorrow: it solidfies into something wlaw. not grief, like you'd expect, or even regret. no, it gets thick as paste, black as ash; yet it isn't until you dip a finger in and feel that sharp taste dissolving on your tounge that you realize this is angel in its purest form, unrefined; a substance to be weighed and measyred and spread.

Jodi Picoult

Regret, Grief, Angel

This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward the binding, and finally, with a sigh of regret, I just grab the book and open it, hungrily reading the story.

Jodi Picoult

Regret, Book, Reading

Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

Jodi Picoult Quotes about Regret

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