That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones?
Jodi PicoultHe smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable
Jodi PicoultBut if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?
Jodi PicoultYour problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing.
Jodi Picoult