I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.
Jodi PicoultThis is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.
Jodi PicoultOr in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.
Jodi PicoultSince it had gotten so quiet in the room that you could hear the sound of your own doubts.
Jodi PicoultLove [is] supposed to move mountains, to make the world go round, to be all you need, but it [falls] apart at the deatils. It [can't] save a single person.
Jodi Picoult