Jodi Picoult, Handle With Care

Quotes

• “Words got in the way. The things we felt the hardest--like what it was like to have a boy touch you as if you were made ...”
• “But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made y...”
• “Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all...”
• “What looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; ma...”
• “People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that's not true, is it? You know, and I...”
• “When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothin...”
• “It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen tha...”
• “A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God...”
• “All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without ...”
• “When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.”
• “What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.”