Coop kissed me deeply, drawing my breath from me in a long, sweet ribbon. "Perhaps I haven't mentioned it, but I'm an expert when it comes to first steps." Are you," I said. "Then tell me how." You close your eyes," Coop answered, "and jump.
Jodi PicoultIf I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.
Jodi PicoultSometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.
Jodi PicoultThe wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.
Jodi PicoultWhen you have been with your partner for so many years, they become the glove compartment map that you've worn dog-eared and white-creased, the trail you recogonize so well you could draw it by heart and for this very reason keep it with you on journeys at all times. And yet, when you least expect it, one day you open your eyes and there is an unfamiliar turnoff, a vantage point taht wasn't there before, and you have to stop and wonder if maybe this landmark isn't new at all, but rather something you have missed all along.
Jodi Picoult