Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as a foil. They could bite, slap, shock, wound. But unlike deeds, words couldn't really help you. No promise ever rescued a person; it was the carrying-through of it that brought about salvation.
Jodi PicoultIf you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?
Jodi PicoultAccidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to oneโs advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance.
Jodi Picoult