But you could only remake your own future, not anyone else's, and for some people that just wasn't good enough.
Jodi PicoultI wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.
Jodi Picoultmaybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mixโ not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise; a potential.
Jodi PicoultShe's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?
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