Jodi Picoult Quotes

A collection of quotes by Jodi Picoult.

Jodi Picoult is a renowned American author known for her thought-provoking novels that tackle various social, ethical, and moral issues. Born on May 19, 1966, in Nesconset, New York, Picoult developed a passion for writing at a young age. She studied creative writing at Princeton University and completed her master's degree in education from Harvard University.

Picoult began her writing career by publishing two novels in the early 1990s, but it wasn't until her sixth novel, "My Sister's Keeper," published in 2004, that she gained widespread recognition. The book explores ethical complexities surrounding a child who was conceived to be a donor for her sister suffering from cancer, raising profound debates about medical ethics and family relationships.

Throughout her career, Jodi Picoult has authored numerous bestsellers, earning critical acclaim and a loyal fan base. Her novels often present controversial topics, such as racism, gender identity, euthanasia, and religion, challenging readers to question their own beliefs and prejudices. Some of her noteworthy works include "The Pact," "Nineteen Minutes," "Handle with Care," and "Small Great Things."

Picoult's writing style is characterized by thorough research, multi-perspective narratives, and unexpected plot twists. Her profound storytelling touches hearts and encourages dialogue on challenging subjects. With over 25 novels to her name, Jodi Picoult continues to captivate readers worldwide with her compelling and thought-provoking literary works.

What looks like garbage from one angle might be art from ano

What looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it.

It's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. Someone falls in love

It's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works hard to keep things rolling smoothly, someone else sails along for the ride. Someone who would do anything to keep it the way it was in the beginning.

I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embr

I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.

The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're s

The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love the

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memor

See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory thatsomeone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of livingis a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one dayyou look down and see how much pain has eroded.

I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn'

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

Loss Grief

The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, a

The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, as doctors, as judges, and as a society, we fumble through and make decisions that allow us to sleep at night--because morals are more important than ethics, and love is more important than law.

Love Morals Law Decisions Ethics Answer

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sent

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.

Different Call Death Sentence

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you ha

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

Death Loss Sisters

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no m

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

Truth Words Power Of Words Salem Falls

Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the

Memories aren't stored in the heart or the head or even the soul, if you ask me, but in the spaces between any given two people.

Memory Space Heart Soul Head

well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to d

well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

Wisdom Life My Sister S Keeper

The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love

The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love so strong it turned you inside out and left you gasping, and would be an identical match to a slice stored in the heart of a soul mate.

Love Inspirational

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.

Healing

If I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it

If I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this: In the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. And the moon wanted to come out during the day, but there was something so much brighter that seemed to fill up all those hours. The moon grew hungry, thinner and thinner, until she was just a slice of herself, and her tips were as sharp as a knife. By accident, because that is the way most things happen, she poked a hole in the night and out spilled a million stars, like a fountain of tears.Horrified, the moon tried to swallow them up. And sometimes this worked, because she got fatter and rounder.. But mostly it didn't, because there were just so many. The stars kept coming, until they made the sky so bright that the sun got jealous. He invited the stars to his side of the world, where it was always bright. What he didn't tell them, though, was that in the daytime, they'd never be seen. So the stupid ones leaped from the sky to the ground, and they froze under the weight of their own foolishness.The moon did her best. She carved each of these blocks of sorrow into a man or a woman. She spent the rest of her time watching out so that her other stars wouldn't fall. She spent the rest of her time holding onto whatever scraps she had left.

Life Stars

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Writing Advice Writing Process Writing

All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. T

All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

Life Love Meaning

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down,

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

Forgiveness Forgetting