“Well, you have to be near death to understand why life matters, otherw...” — Jodi Picoult Quote

“Well, you have to be near death to understand why life matters, otherwise, you don't have the perspective. You believe you have the time to put off that phone call you haven't made to your mother. You let an old argument fester. You fold down the page in a travel magazine and tell yourself one day, you'll get to Istanbul or Santorini or back to the town where you were born. You have the luxury of time, until you don't- and then it becomes clear what's most important.”

“Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.”

“Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?”

“A good leg will fall. A straight back will stoop. A black beard will turn white. A curled pate will grow bald." He held out a small triangle of fruit toward Emilia. "But a good heart, my dear... well, a good heart is the sun and the moon.”

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

“We’re travelers too, aren’t we? Carrying stories across time, so that nothing truly vanishes.”

“I'm but an effervescence..”

“I feel you calling, in the autumn sweet transformation.”

“I am not old, I am not young,”

“Aim for the skies. Dare to start. Start even when you do not know how to fly. Start even when you have no clue how things will work out. Start, even when you may not see the light. Start even when it gets very tough. Start, even when others begin to doubt what was laid in your heart. Just start. Start right now, and the rest will follow as time goes by.”

“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,”