Jodi Picoult Quotes - Page 6

The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.

If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?

I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education.

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place-because we become better people in it.

Somewhere along the line, organized religion stopped being about faith, and started being about who had the power to keep the faith. You said that the purpose of religion was to bring people together. But does it, really? Or does it-knowingly, purposefully, and intentionally-break them apart?

I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right.

Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a bullet, nails on a chalkboard, promises being broken. It's a note I have never heard - this chord of pure pain - and it takes a moment to realize it is coming from me.

The first time someone I loved left me behind...I didn't know how my family would balance. We had been such a sturdy little end table, four solid legs. I was sure we would now be off-kilter, always unstable. Until one day I looked more closely, and realized that we had simply become a stool.

males conspicuously leaving their mark to let others know where they weren't welcome.

because in the past words have only driven them apart.

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.

Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they were
night-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven.
But when I asked my dad, he started talking about gas, and somehow
I put it all together and figured that the food God served caused
multiple trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

Go fuck yourself Judge."
"Motion denied." answers the judge dryly.

And if you don't find what you're looking for?"
At Roy's question Addie looked up.
"Then all I've lost is time.

Elise Vasquez and I stand shoulder to shoulder, watching the woman we both feel we lost, and may be never really had.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

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.

Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

People have to experience things that terrify them. If they don’t, how will they ever come to appreciate safety.