#picoult

This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her breastbone...a security blanket, an ace up her sleeve. She might never use it, but she would always feel its presence like a swelling secret stone, and that way when she let go of the rage, she would not feel nearly as empty. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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You don't have to say I love you to say I love you," you said with a shrug. "All you have to do is say my name and I know." ..."Can't you hear it?" you said. "When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her? ↗

— Samantha van Leer

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Love is a tidal wave--not because it sweeps you off your feet, but because it pulls you down and drowns you. ↗

— Samantha van Leer

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This is why there was music. There were some feelings that just didn't have words big enough to describe them. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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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

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