Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put back together.
Jodi PicoultThe right idea is the one you can't stop thinking about; the one that's in your head first thing in the morning.
Jodi PicoultWhat could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "to make me forget ... that you forgot about me?
Jodi PicoultWhat could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and set on was not the person you'd thought?
Jodi PicoultThere are millions of people in the world, and the spirits will see that most of them you never have to meet. But there are one or two you are tied to, and the spirits will cross you back and forth, threading so many knots until they catch and you finally get it right.
Jodi PicoultWhen you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation. Those three words were what everyone used; simple syllables couldn't contain something as rare as what I felt for Sean. I wanted him to feel what I felt when I was with him: that incredible combination of comfort, decadence, and wonder; the knowledge that, with just a single taste of him, I was addicted.
Jodi Picoult