1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me for this: I have done what I've sworn I could never do; I have become my own nightmare... I have lost control.

and yet, you never knew wwhat you were capable of until you arrived at that given moment. Life was just a whole string of spots where you continued to surprise yourself.

Gay rights to me that is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment.

remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that you can always edit a bad page; you can't edit a blank page.

You want to write something as good as what you've read.

Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true.

Many people have a novel inside them, but most don't bother to get it out.

Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we look at ourselves and wonder who we are and how we got that way. Only one thing about change remains constant...it is always painful