Wounded birds

“There’s a problem with wounded birds. Either they fly away from you one day, or else they never get better. They stay hurt no matter what you do.”

Jodi Picoult

You could share DNA with someone

“You could share DNA with someone & still have nothing in common with them.”

Jodi Picoult

Anyway, by myself…

“Anyway, by myself, I’m nothing special. But with you, I think I could be.”

Jodi Picoult

If two people have the same secret

“If two people have the same secret, it’s not a secret anymore.”

Jodi Picoult

Each other’s Beliefs

“We don’t have to accept each other’s beliefs…but we do have to accept each other’s right to believe them.”

Jodi Picoult

Add love

“Add love, & a person might do something crazy. Add love, & all the lines between right & wrong were bound to disappear.”

Jodi Picoult

You couldn’t have strength without weakness

“You couldn’t have strength without weakness; you couldn’t have light without dark; you couldn’t have love without loss.”

Jodi Picoult

It’s crazier to think

“It’s crazier to think that someone who hurts you loves you.”

Jodi Picoult

Some people hit your life so hard

“There were some people who hit your life so hard, they left a stain on your future.”

Jodi Picoult

They say you get over your grief

“They say you get over your grief, but you don’t really, not ever.”

Jodi Picoult

Experiences

“There are all sorts of experiences that we can’t really put a name to.”

Jodi Picoult

Words are like nets

“Words are like nets – we hope they’ll cover what we mean, but we know they can’t possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it’s happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else - & language only takes you so far.”

Jodi Picoult

We see what we want to

“Sometimes we see what we want to, instead of what’s in front of us. And sometimes, we don’t see clearly at all.”

Jodi Picoult

A Good person

“I think a good person can do bad things. Because God forgives & I can’t do any less.”

Jodi Picoult