Shelly

“But what does it really mean to be good? Is it finding a calling that helps other people? Is it running to the bedside of someone who is dying? Is it putting someone else's needs before your own. You could argue, I suppose, that any of those actions are about not selflessness, but martyrdom. Driven not by ethics, but guilt. For that matter, what does it mean to be immoral? Is it pursuing your own dreams at all costs? Is it lying to others, or lying to yourself? [...] I know this much - morality is meant to be a clear line, but it's not really. Things change. Shit happens. Who we are is about not what we do, but why we tell ourselves we do it.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“There’s really no such thing as a right or wrong choice. We don’t make decisions. Our decisions make us.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“Maybe this is all love is - twin roots of pain and pleasure. Maybe the miracle isn't where we wind up, but that we get there at all.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“Creation, by definition, is separation. Moving forward means being split apart.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways