But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It felt like anything else permanent that has gone missing; a lost tooth, a severed leg. You might know better, but that doesnโt keep your tongue from poling at the hole in your gum, or your phantom limb from aching.
Jodi PicoultYou can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you.
Jodi PicoultI shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.
Jodi PicoultWheather it is conscious or not, you eventually make the decision to divide your life in half - before and after - with loss being that tight bubble in the middle. You can move around in spite of it; you can laugh and smile and carry on with your life, but all it takes is one slow range of motion, a doubling over, to be fully aware of the empty space at your center.
Jodi Picoult