She stares at me for a moment, and then she bursts out laughing. โYou havenโt seen his perfect little wife and his perfect little girls. Believe me, Oliver, Iโm not the great love of his life, the one heโll never forget.โ โYou are to me,โ I say.
Jodi PicoultYou can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.
Jodi PicoultWhen this is over...we will got to the rainforest, or a beach as white as bone. We will eat grapes from the vine, we will swim with sea turtles, we will walk miles on cobblestone streets. We will laugh and talk and confess. We will.
Jodi PicoultWhat does it feel like?โ he asked. โWhat does what feel like?โ Peter thought for a moment. โBeing at the top.โ Josie reached across him for another packet of material and fed it into the stapler. She did three of these, and Peter was certain that she was going to ignore him, but then she spoke. โLike if you take one wrong step,โ she said, โyouโre going to fall.
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