Jodi Picoult Quotes Novels & Stories

“Inspirational CEO quotes, part nine?” He laughed. “Maybe part twenty. We’ve done a lot of talking.” “A lot of honesty too,” she admitted. “And that is how love survives,” he said, a shade more serious. “Truth, even if small. Even if scared. Even if whispered.” She looked at him fully now, river breeze sliding past her cheeks. “Then here’s my testimony,” she declared lightly, theatrically, raising her mug of leftover tea like a witness in court. “Jamal Adeyemi makes very good decisions. One: indigo coffee. Two: seaside cabins. Three…” Her voice dipped with a tremor. “Being patient with my heart.”

Somehow. I posted the quote that night. Not on social media—I'd learned to keep some things private. But on the final page of my new novel, the one I hadn't finished yet. A dedication to everyone who had ever been hurt. For the ones who forgave. For the ones who are still trying. For the ones who need to know that the prisoner was always you. You are free. I closed the laptop and turned off the light. Outside, the city slept. Inside, I was awake—not with fear or regret, but with something softer. Peace.

“You?” She glanced up as thought thinking. Then in a soft but yet certain voice, she said. “He really had been through death, but he had returned because he realized he had not yet finished living.” There was this passion in her eyes as she quoted the line that it made the hair on my arms rise. I’d never met anyone like her…that I could actually quote lines from a classic book and would get it. Even in literature class, I always felt like an outsider because nobody felt comfortable with the jock who practically knew the poem by Italian poet Dante, by heart.

"Didn't you know that one needs to reshuffle their daily routine once you get nails? Not every little thing is done the same and you shouldn't do anything aggressively." "I was making the bed," Anelia deadpanned. "And I just happened to stub my finger on the base and it hurt so bad. And that's why I will never forget that Christmas." "Beauty is pain. And women just have to grow through it," she shrugged. "There should be a quote about that." "I thought there was no beauty without happiness. I think Christian Dior said that." "We could go at this the whole day but quotes are just someone's thoughts and perspectives. And for all I know, we all have different shades of those, so I guess everyon

I stepped toward her and set my hand on her waist before murmuring, “We make ourselves rich by making our wants few.” Her lips parted as if that was the most profound thing she’d ever heard. And it might’ve been, since it had originally come from the lips of Henry David Thoreau. Which was why I couldn’t continue to take credit for it. I pointed past her toward the wall with my free hand. “At least that’s what Thoreau says.” She glanced back to find the quote printed and framed above the desk. “Oh.” Scowling, she whirled back to poke me in the gut. “You cheated. That’s a cheater’s answer.”

And painted across both sides, three simple quotes from Sophia’s memoir: “You are not hard to love.” “Your silence was never a flaw. It was a pause.” “We don’t rise to impress. We rise to breathe.” Ralia sat up front beside Sophia, her journal clutched like a lifeline. Her eyes shone as brightly as the morning sun they’d chased out of Benin. “I still can’t believe this is happening,” she whispered, almost afraid to wake the dream. Sophia smiled, her gaze steady on the road ahead. “Neither can I.”

To my family—both chosen and blood—thank you for your support and belief in me. To those who read this story and see pieces of themselves, thank you for your courage. To every survivor: this was written for you. Opening Quote “Even when no one hears you scream, your truth still matters. So, scream your truth.” — Malissa Wood “She didn’t forget the pain—she grew around it. Like roots breaking through concrete, she made something beautiful from what tried to bury her.” -Unknown

” “ I'm proud of you, Miranda. She'd said when I'd graduated early primary at the top of my class. ” “ Her words never cease to make me recall the quote, “ Keep smiling, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. ” “ Hm. ” Jose was attentive, quietly listening to her. It'd been a long time since they've actually had a heart to heart conversation and he honestly missed it.

The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said, "I outlived the buggers." Memorable Quotes "Scattered showers my ass!" Noah. "I have no problem with you talking to yourself as long as it doesn't turn into an argument" Woody Allen. "If at first you don't succeed try, try again. Then quit. There's no point being a damn fool about it." W.C.Fields. "The one thing that all porn stars have in common is a dread of filming the scenes that don't involve sex" Fanny Lightfoot (Porn Movie Director) "For every human problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." H. L. Mencken

It bothered me that I couldn't sit with her during lunch break. Prominently disturbed at the sudden setup, I headed to the food counter first and grabbed a set of lunch before sitting across the oh-so-great Quinn Blackburn. She was picking on her pepperoni pizza with a fork, a bored look on her face as she spoke suddenly, "We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?" My eyebrow raised at her spontaneous question. "Ummm, Quinn. I don't know but where's A?"