We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.
Jodi PicoultJust because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.
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 PicoultNathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard, because it hurts less than everything else.
Jodi PicoultBut mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything else permanent that has gone missing; a lost tooth, a severed leg. You might know better, but that doesnโt keep your tongue from poling at the hole in your gum, or your phantom limb from aching.
Jodi Picoult