She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like any unwilling animal that was well and truly caught, she could escape only by leaving a piece of herself behind.
Jodi PicoultWhat if it turns out that a life isnโt defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom youโve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next?
Jodi PicoultIt's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.
Jodi PicoultI know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.' 'But I do. And part of being social means being civil to someone you don't like.' 'That's stupid. It's a huge world. why not just get up and walk away?' 'Because that's rude,' Jess explains. 'I think it's rude to stick a smile on your face and pretend you like talking to someone when in reality you'd rather be sticking bamboo slivers under your fingernails.
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