You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Furthermore, someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.

— Jodi Picoult

You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you have the one who was hit. Even the Lord's Prayer says it loud and clear: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Not others. What Jesus challenges us to do is to let go of the wrong done to you personally, not the wrong done to someone else. But most Christians incorrectly assume that this means that being a good Christian means forgiving all sins, and the sinners.

— Jodi Picoult

You know, that was what we missed most. Not our beds, not our homes, not even our mothers. We would talk about food.

— Jodi Picoult

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

— Jodi Picoult

You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.

— Jodi Picoult

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

— Jodi Picoult

You may think there's nothing very interesting about seeing someone sleep, but that probably means you've never found the girl of your dreams.

— Jodi Picoult

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

— Jodi Picoult

You're not a bad person because you want to be yourself.

— Jodi Picoult

You," Seven pronounced, "are a train wreck of sexual history." But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll jump in front of the tracks. I'll even tie myself down in front of the speeding engine. There'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 Picoult