Humor Quote by Jodi Picoult — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

“When you love someone you let them take care of you.”

“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”

“The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story”

“Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.”

“But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.”

“Whew! You two are blowing hotter air than a tornado circlin’ a volcano in Hades.”

“Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.”

“As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story.”

“... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians and courtesans.”

“Rose took my nose, I suppose,” he repeated; the bubble of phlegm in his throat made a disgusting crackle. “And it really blows.”

“I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow.”