I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because Henry DeVille was correct - there was an ingredient in my baking more concenctrated than any extract, more pungent than any spice; an ingredient that everyone would recognize and no one was able to name: it was regret, and it rose when one least expected.
Jodi PicoultTags: jodi-picoult handle-with-care pg-269
and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the case with Claire. After all, surely a child who grew out of grief would be born with a heavy heart.
Jodi PicoultTags: excellent
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was...
...Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up.
I sat between my mother and my father, watching strangers on TV carry in Shaker rockers and dusty paintings and ancient beer tankards and cranberry glass dishes; people and their hidden treasures, who had to be told by experts that they'd taken something incredibly precious for granted.
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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.
Jodi PicoultTags: defense-mechanism
I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. "I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I really mean is: I'll take care of you.
Jodi PicoultThe only way someone can leave you is if you let them.
Jodi PicoultIf his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing.
Jodi PicoultTags: companionship amity
If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it.
Jodi PicoultI understand better than she'd imagine that history is indelible. You can mask it; you can patch it smooth and clear; but you always know what's hidden underneath.
Jodi PicoultYou can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.
Jodi PicoultTags: self-deception self-delusion
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