Jodi Picoult

Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#pain #scar #lonely

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life

When it comes to memories, the good and the bad never balance. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#balance

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#father #firefighting #heaven #hell #humor

The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #love

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#music #music

The truth was, history repeated itself on a daily basis; mistakes were made over and over. People were haunted by what they had done, and by what they hadn't had time to do. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life

I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#god #mothers #love

I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#conversation #smiling #conversation

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 Picoult

#love