Jodi Picoult

they accepted any baggage that came with you and made you believe you were more than you actually were ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love

because in the past words have only driven them apart. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#relationship

Eis a minha opinião: não me parece que as religiões se baseiem em mentiras, mas também não me parece que se baseiem em verdades. Acho que surgem devido ao que as pessoas precisam na altura. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#different #four #gay #i #i wish

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#luxury #people #time #who #writer

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#decide #finish #fix #force #garbage

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #awareness #commentary #dickens #fiction

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#get #literary #schism #success #unwritten

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#criticism #get #give #learn #read

People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#against #always #banding #different #masses