Esther Davidson

“I learned the hard way that you shouldn't stay with someone because of your past together - what matters more is if you want the same things in the future.”
― Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here

“I always thought it was so strange . . . that sailors chart where they're going in the future by looking at a map of the past.”
― Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here

“If it were me," he says, looking down at the fire, "and if you were the person I love . . . I'd want you as far away as possible so that I could battle the monsters and not have to worry about you getting hurt."

"That's not a relationship," I argue. "That's . . . that's like a beautiful piece of artwork you don't display because you're afraid it will get damaged. So, instead, you crate it up and stick it in storage and it doesn't bring you any joy or any beauty."

"I don't know about that," Gabriel says softly. "What if it's something you'd fight like hell to protect so you can someday see it one more time?”
― Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here

“You can't plan your life, Finn,' I say quietly, 'Because then you have a plan. Not a life.”
― Jodi Picoult, Wish You Were Here