Quote by Jodi Picoult

What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy. I wasn't starving or maimed by a land mine or orphaned. Yet somehow, it wasn't enough. I had a hole in me, and everything I took for granted slipped through it like sand.I felt like I had swallowed yeast, like whatever evil was festering inside me had doubled in size.

What was wrong with me? I had a decent life. I was healthy.

Summary

This quote reflects the feeling of emptiness and discontent despite having a seemingly good life. The person acknowledges that they have the basic necessities and are not facing extreme hardships, yet they still feel unsatisfied. It encapsulates the idea that there can be an internal void or unresolved issues that cannot be filled by external circumstances. The imagery of a hole and yeast doubling in size evokes a sense of something sinister or unresolved growing within, intensifying the feeling of something being deeply wrong, even when everything on the surface appears to be fine.

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Loneliness Confusion

By Jodi Picoult

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