You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.
Jodi PicoultSometimes there aren't words. The silence between us is flung wide as an ocean. But I manage to reach across it, to wrap my arms around him.
Jodi PicoultWriting is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
Jodi PicoultUntil this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.
Jodi Picoult