Jodi Picoult

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#page- #change

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #love

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

#heart #love #death

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #life

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

#loss #sisters #death

I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I wanted to talk to my best friend. [...] The thing is, they're both you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#julia-romano #love #unrequited #dating

When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#self-awareness #self-confidence #self-esteem #self-love #change

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

#growing-up #love #mothers #beauty