There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.
Jodi PicoultYou did really great up there,” I tell her, because I don’t know how to say what I really want to: that the people you love can surprise you every day. That maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.
Jodi PicoultWhen I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.
Jodi PicoultI ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.
Jodi PicoultTags: corporeal-punishment child-abuse
Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.
Jodi PicoultI had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke.
Jodi PicoultThe bottom line is that we never fall for the people we're supposed to.
Jodi Picoultif you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax.
Jodi Picoultdo you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?
Jodi Picoulttrue love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.
Jodi PicoultTags: true-love
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