People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else.
Jodi PicoultI realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.
Jodi PicoultA photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.
Jodi PicoultMany of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American.
Jodi PicoultGay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.
Jodi PicoultDo you remember the summer we signed you up for camp? And the night before you left, you said you've changed your mind and wanted to stay home? I told you to to get a seat on the left side of the bus, so when you pulled away, you'd be able to look back and see me there waiting for you." I press her hand against my cheek, hard enough to leave a mark. "You get that same seat in Heaven. One where you can watch me, watching you.
Jodi Picoult