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Jodi Picoult Quotes

It’s a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done Picture Quote #1

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it’s all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don’t buy that. It’s a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don’t. Every day I sit down and write Picture Quote #1

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page Picture Quote #1

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? Picture Quote #1

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them Picture Quote #1

What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you’ve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next? Picture Quote #1

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If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled? Picture Quote #1

There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly right out of you Picture Quote #1

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it Picture Quote #1

And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded Picture Quote #1

It’s about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out Picture Quote #1

Sometimes there aren’t words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him Picture Quote #1

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My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her Picture Quote #1

What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in the stars Picture Quote #1

So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him, you swallowed him whole. Love was substance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream Picture Quote #1

And he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn’t live for very long without a heart Picture Quote #1

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? Picture Quote #1

I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere Picture Quote #1

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Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course Picture Quote #1

It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it Picture Quote #1

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch Picture Quote #1

I’ve always sort of wondered: If everyone else’s opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own? Picture Quote #1

When we’re awake, we see what we need to see. When we’re asleep, we see what is really there Picture Quote #1

Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I’ve decided, is only a slow sewing shut Picture Quote #1

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Did you ever walk through a room that’s packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step? Picture Quote #1

And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong Picture Quote #1

There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it Picture Quote #1

If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask... with nothing beneath it? Picture Quote #1

Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I’m cut into so many pieces that there isn’t enough of me to be put back together Picture Quote #1

Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home Picture Quote #1

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It’s a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it’s all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don’t buy that. It’s a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don’t. Every day I sit down and write (Jodi Picoult Quotes) You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page (Jodi Picoult Quotes) If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them (Jodi Picoult Quotes) What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you’ve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly right out of you (Jodi Picoult Quotes) See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it (Jodi Picoult Quotes) And the very act of living is a tide; at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded (Jodi Picoult Quotes) It’s about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Sometimes there aren’t words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him (Jodi Picoult Quotes) My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her (Jodi Picoult Quotes) What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in the stars (Jodi Picoult Quotes) So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him, you swallowed him whole. Love was substance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream (Jodi Picoult Quotes) And he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn’t live for very long without a heart (Jodi Picoult Quotes) How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart you had to bury? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course (Jodi Picoult Quotes) It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it (Jodi Picoult Quotes) A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch (Jodi Picoult Quotes) I’ve always sort of wondered: If everyone else’s opinion is what matters, then do you ever really have one of your own? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) When we’re awake, we see what we need to see. When we’re asleep, we see what is really there (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I’ve decided, is only a slow sewing shut (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Did you ever walk through a room that’s packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong (Jodi Picoult Quotes) There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it (Jodi Picoult Quotes) If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask... with nothing beneath it? (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I’m cut into so many pieces that there isn’t enough of me to be put back together (Jodi Picoult Quotes) Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home (Jodi Picoult Quotes)

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