If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Don Quixote and Gatsby and their respective paramours. What captures the imagination is watching men throw themselves at a brick wall over and over again, and wondering if this is the time that they won't be able to get back up.
Jodi PicoultIโm gonna miss you,โ Brianna says. โIโm gonna miss you too, baby,โ Angelo murmurs. For Peteโs sake. Itโs not like sheโs leaving on a trip around the world. Sheโs only headed to homeroom.
Jodi Picoultmaybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mixโ not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise; a potential.
Jodi PicoultMaybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was... ...Parents aren't the people you come from. They're the people you want to be, when you grow up. I sat between my mother and my father, watching strangers on TV carry in Shaker rockers and dusty paintings and ancient beer tankards and cranberry glass dishes; people and their hidden treasures, who had to be told by experts that they'd taken something incredibly precious for granted.
Jodi Picoult