Jodi Picoult

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#resilience #sisters

You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#self-delusion #fool

You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#faith

If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life

Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #inspirational

People changed. Even the people you thought you knew as well as you knew yourself. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#house-rules #jodi-picoult #music

I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#parenting #parents #parenting

I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#loss #change

My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#regret