Vera

“If I'm in the closet", he said, "I might as well do something there.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Theoretically you know that loving someone means you'll lose them, or they'll lose you. But until it happens and you're the one left behind, you don't really get what that means.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“In her life, when faced with yet more adversity, a woman straightened her shoulders and said, "All right, I'll take on another burden." Strength was endurance, not escape. It was looking at a piece of granite and noticing flecks of fool's gold.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“You are good," Bufort said, "but you could be great. It's not enough to manipulate your audience's feelings. You must make them believe that there's a reason you are the one telling this story. You have to let a bit of yourself bleed into your work."

And therein lay the problem: you couldn't bleed without feeling the sting of the cut.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name