You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able to hear through a stethoscope that somebody was empty inside.
Jodi PicoultEvery year I tell myself that Iโm not going to read any reviews and then I do. Weโre all human and when I read something negative it hurts. I think when you write itโs part of the game, youโre going to get some good reviews and some bad reviews and thatโs how it goes. I donโt write for the reviews.
Jodi PicoultAfter a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.
Jodi PicoultImagine if you were the positive pole of a magnet, and you were told that under no circumstances were you allowed to touch that negative pole that was sucking you in like a black hole. Or if you crawled out of the desert and found a woman standing with a pitcher of ice water, but she held it out of your reach. Imagine jumping off a building, and then being told not to fall. That's what it feels like to want a drink.
Jodi Picoult