But risk always looks different when you are beating he system than when you've been beaten
Jodi Picoultyou cannot take something i trust you with and use it against me
-- plain truth
Marina sighs. “Love is like a tidal wave,” she says. “Because it sweeps you off your feet?” I ask. “No, because it sucks you under and you drown.” “But sometimes,” I point out, “it’s the only thing that keeps you afloat.
Jodi PicoultStichwörter: love
When I was little, the great mystery to me was not how babies were made, but why?
Jodi PicoultIs it really worth dying for the person you love?”
[Maureen] thinks about this for a moment. “That’s not the real question, Oliver. What you should be asking is, Can you live without her?
Stichwörter: love values dying oliver maureen between-the-lines
You keep distracting me,” I tell her.
“All I’m doing is sitting here talking to you!”
“Exactly,” I say, and I smile at her.j
Stichwörter: humor love distraction oliver delilah-mcphee
At that moment, Oliver realized that home is not a place, but rather, the people who love you.
Jodi PicoultStichwörter: home
As a kid, his favorite toy had been a snow globe, that held a small town of gingerbread buildings and peppermint streets. He’d wanted so badly to live there that one day he’d smashed the glass ball - only to find out that the houses were made of plaster, the candy stripes painted on.
Jodi PicoultI sigh. “But if you’d talked to Jules—if she could hear you . . .” My voice trails off.
“Then you wouldn’t feel quite so crazy?” Oliver asks gently. “Can’t you believe in me, if I believe in you?
Stichwörter: truth belief oliver between-the-lines delilah-mcphee hearing-voices
May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?"
"Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.
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