Actually, I’m probably the only person who’s qualified to let you know exactly what a jerk you are. But that’s okay right? Because if everyone thinks you’re a jerk, no one will bother getting too close.
Jodi Picoult
- Born
- 1966
- Occupations
- novelist, writer, primary school teacher
- Notable works
- Nineteen Minutes
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Even though parents don't want to admit it, school isn't about what a kid absorbs while she's sitting at a cramped desk, but what happens around and in spite of that.
Jodi Picoult
It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.
Jodi Picoult
Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I’ve decided, is only a slow sewing shut.
Jodi Picoult
Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.
Jodi Picoult
… the year I realized love doesn’t follow the rules, the year I understood nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.
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