Breathing in the scent of his hair, I realized I'd needed him my whole life, before we even met. First, his music and the way he taught me through books and recordings. Then, he saved my life and refused to abandon me no matter how much I deserved it.
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JODI PICOULT If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of ... JODI PICOULT You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. JODI PICOULT Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewi... JODI PICOULT There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. ... JODI PICOULT Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire und... JODI PICOULT I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard... JODI PICOULT If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s be... JODI PICOULT There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's som... JODI PICOULT A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you. JODI PICOULT Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or whe... JODI PICOULT You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you ... JODI PICOULT See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you ... JODI PICOULT Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound. JODI PICOULT I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry. JODI PICOULT It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get. JODI PICOULT It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you. JODI PICOULT Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same... JODI PICOULT There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up cr... JODI PICOULT It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants ri... JODI PICOULT true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a... JODI PICOULT Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least. JODI PICOULT It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you. JODI PICOULT The bottom line is that we never fall for the people we're supposed to. JODI PICOULT I'm lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent? I also get mad too quickly, and I... JODI PICOULT Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look. JODI PICOULT Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expe... JODI PICOULT Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy... JODI PICOULT You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your fu... JODI PICOULT I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. JODI PICOULT When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you ar... JODI PICOULT Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked... JODI PICOULT The best place to cry is on a mother's arms. JODI PICOULT If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that sh... JODI PICOULT Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that th... JODI PICOULT Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon bel... JODI KANTOR I can only speak for my husband and myself, but we don't feel like we could do any of this paren... JODI BENSON I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance p... JODI RELL Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to... JODI RELL I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer. JODI RELL We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to wo... JODI RELL The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation t... JODI RELL