1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

That’s the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don’t even realize how much you were missing one.

Dark matter has a gravitation effect on other objects. You can’t see it, you can’t feel it, but you can watch something being pulled in its direction.

The best lies are the ones that are wrapped around a core of truth.

But if you seek forgiveness, doesn’t that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn’t that desperation make you human again?

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don’t need anyone else. I need you, she replied. Well, I said. Maybe I’ll come back as catnip.

People ask all the time how I’m doing, but the truth is, they don’t really want to know.

Power isn’t about doing something terrible to someone who’s weaker than you, Reiner. It’s having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.

Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed.

I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn’t get shoved first.