Jodi Picoult

Inside each of us is a monster; inside each of us is a saint. The real question is which one we nurture the most, which one will smite the other. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#storytelling

Here's my question: What age are you when you're in Heaven? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#age

You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#live #change

When you love someone - when you create a child with him - you don't just suddenly lose that bond. Like any other energy, it can't be destroyed, just channeled into something else. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#marriage #love

Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't see clearly? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#crime #love #seeing #change

If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love

I truly believed that the cost of success for us shouldn't be the cost of failure for a good friend. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#friendship

Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life-lessons #loss #life

[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#humor #life #humor

I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love-story #lovers #love