As a child, what I was missing was so much bigger to me than what I had. My mother-mythic, imaginary-was a deity and a superhero and a comfort all at once. If only I'd had her, surely, she would have been the answer to every problem; if only I'd had her , she would have been the cure for everything that ever had gone wrong in my life.
Jodi PicoultIt feels like a punch. Tears fill my eyes, and I wonder how I could be upset over losing something I never had.
Jodi PicoultI wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall.
Jodi PicoultWhy are you doing this to yourself? When something bad happens, why do you have to pick at it until it bleeds all over again?
Jodi PicoultWhat being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.
Jodi PicoultIt was a strange thing, to still be in love with your wife and to not know if you liked her. What would happen when this was all over? Could you forgive someone if she hurt you and the people you love, if she truly believed she was only trying to help? I had filed for divorce, but that wasn't what I really wanted. What I really wanted was for all of us to go back two years, and start over. Had I ever really told her that?
Jodi Picoult