Words got in the way. The things we felt the hardest--like what it was like to have a boy touch you as if you were made of light, or what it meant to be the only person in the room who wasn't noticed--weren't sentences; they were knots in the wood of our bodies, places where our blood flowed backward. If you asked me, not that anyone ever did, the only words worth saying were I'm sorry.
Jodi PicoultYou can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.
Jodi PicoultAnd if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you.
Jodi PicoultHer mouth is always on the verge of a smile. It makes her look like there's always something amazing she needs to tell me, even when it's just hello.
Jodi Picoult