Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.
Jodi PicoultYou can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.
Jodi PicoultMy high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one job recommendation for my set of skills was an air traffic accident investigator, of which there are fewer than fifty in the world. The number two job was a museum curator for Chinese-American studies. The number three job was a circus clown.
Jodi PicoultJust because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.
Jodi PicoultI don't know what it is about death that makes it so hard. I suppose it's the one-sided communication; the fact that we never get to ask our loved one if she suffered, if she is happy wherever she is now...if she is somewhere. It's the question mark that comes with death that we can't face, not the period.
Jodi Picoult