I adore the way he looks at me sometimes, as if love is a quantity he cannot measure scientifically, because it multiplies too quickly.
Jodi PicoultTags: adoration
I don't belong to a religion. Religion's the reason the world's falling apart..." That's what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It's a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion's not about being holy," Shay said. "Just holier-than-thou.
Jodi PicoultYou know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an art, but deep down you can see that he's really just hoping he makes it all the way across?
Jodi PicoultTags: life philosophy sister
In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.
Jodi PicoultTags: loss language mourning child english lose inadequacy-of-words parent
There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you are looking at twins. The two stars rotate around each other, sometimes taking nearly a hundred years to do it. They create so much gravitational pull there's no room around for anything else. You might see a blue star, for example, and realize only later that it has a white dwarf as a companion - that first one shines so bright, by the time you notice the second one, it's too late.
Jodi PicoultWords are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.
Jodi PicoultTags: truth words power-of-words salem-falls
If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go?
Jodi PicoultYou have everything," she said slowly, as if she were explaining the order of the world to a small child. "A family, a great job, a lot of people who look up to you. You've got a place to go home to." She smiled a little. "So go.
Jodi PicoultThere's a lot of things you can't see if you aren't' looking.
Jodi PicoultThere are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.
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