1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

if you were quiet and blended into the background, you were less likely to make waves

The only thing they'll let you shoot with a camera.

What if the puzzle of the world was a shape you didn't fit into? And the only way to survive was to mutilate yourself, carve away your corners, sand yourself down, modify yourself to fit? How come we haven't been able to change the puzzle instead?

she didn't need anyone. At Wheeler, even when she stood out with her pink hair and quilter army-surplus jacket and combat bots, she did this without apology. It was a great irony that the very fact of a relationship with her would diminish her appeal, that the moment she came to love me back and depend on me as much as I depended on her, she would no longer be a truly independent spirit. No way in hell was I going to be the one to take that quality away from her.

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.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

What could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "to make me forget ... that you forgot about me?

Here's my question: What age are you when you're in Heaven?

Kate had the shape of a pixie, all noodle arms and legs; and when she bent to the ground and kicked up her feet, it looked as delicate as a spider walking a wall. Me, I sort of defied gravity with a thud.