You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect youโre afraid for the next moment, because it couldnโt possibly be quite as good? Thatโs what it felt like.
Jodi PicoultSomeone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. Someone who would listen to a symphony and start to cry, because he understands music can be too big for words. Someone who knows me better than I know myself. Someone I want to talk to first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Someone I feel like I've known my whole life, even if I haven't.
Jodi PicoultThere's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.
Jodi PicoultThere's got to be a moment when that baby [flying] squirrel looks from the end of one branch to the tree six feet away and thinks twice about making a leap. Falling in love is no different; it's the moment that we close our eyes and throw away everything that seems reasonable and hope to God there's someone or something waiting to catch us on the other side.
Jodi Picoult