I knew that somewhere God was laughing. He had taken the other half of my heart, the one person who knew me better than I knew myself, and He had done what nothing else could do. By bringing us together, He had set into motion the one thing that could tear us apart.
Jodi PicoultDead isnโt angels or ghosts. Itโs a physical state of breakdown, a change in all those carbon atoms that create the temporary house of a body so that they can return to their most elemental stage.
Jodi PicoultA photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.
Jodi PicoultIf she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.
Jodi Picoult