Jodi Picoult

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#myth

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#kindness #religion #change

Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life

She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone that much, you did not lay that sort of burden on him for the rest of his life. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#suicide #life

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #love

Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#men #men

I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feelings, and where the only reason you went to a doctor was because you'd accidentally cut off a limb with a chain saw. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#families #humor #family

I could not remember my first kiss, but I could have told you Charlotte would be my last. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love

What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#jodi-picoult #life #lone-wolf #wolves #inspirational