21+ Inspiring Jodi Picoult Quotes That Will Uplift Your Spirit

Jodi Picoult is a renowned American writer with 27 published novels as well as accompanying short stories.

The writer with over 40 million copies printed worldwide, Jodi Picoult earned the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. With plots that revolve around moral quandaries or procedural dramas that pit family members against each other, Picoult writes popular literature that can be categorized as family sagas and extraordinary things.

Despite being frequently referred to be a writer of chick-lit, Picoult has, during the course of her career, addressed a variety of contentious or moral subjects, such as abortion, racial relations, hope, euthanasia, LGBT rights, as well as school shootings.

Beauty is power! Read these beautiful quotes from Jodi Picoult on her take on beauty.

“There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.”

“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.”

“Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.”

“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.”

“Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck.”

“No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back.”

“I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.”

“You know how every now and then, you have a moment where your whole life stretches out ahead of you like a forked road, and even as you choose one gritty path you've got your eyes on the other the whole time, certain that you're making a mistake.”

“You can't look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.”

“If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?”

“I have a feeling that if I really try to figure out who I am without Kate in the equation, I'm not going to like who I see.”

“I know it seems strange, but when you are attracted to people, it's because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. Their smile. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.”

“Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember.”

“You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.”

“Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?”

“And he suddenly knew that if she killed herself, he would die. Maybe not immediately, maybe not with the same blinding rush of pain, but it would happen. You couldn't live for very long without a heart.”

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“I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster.”

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them. ”

“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”

Nothing is more important than love in life. Read here to find out some amazing quotes from Jodi Picoult on love.

“When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.” ― 'Handle With Care'.

“People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that’s not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.” ― 'Handle With Care'.

“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else’s life would not have been as rich without us here.” ― 'Handle With Care'.

“Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.” ― 'Second Glance'.

“I know it seems strange, but when you are attracted to people, it’s because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. Their smile. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.” ― 'Sing You Home'.

“Love is not an equation, as your father once wanted me to believe. It’s not a contract, and it’s not a happy ending. It is the slate under the chalk and the ground buildings rise from and the oxygen in the air.” ― 'Sing You Home'.

“Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.” ― Jodi Picoult, ‘Lone Wolf’.

“I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father,’ she whispers. ‘Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don’t you think?” ― 'Keeping Faith'.

“You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride.” ― 'Mercy'.

“So you know what I mean when I say that I don’t think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You’re just pulled to that person…whether it’s good for you or bound to break your heart.” ― 'Sing You Home'.

Jodi Picoult is a writer with many published novels. Read out these awesome quotes from her writings.

“You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.”

“Of course Anna should be honored for donating her bone marrow. Of course she deserves recognition. But the thought of rewarding someone for their suffering, frankly, never entered my mind.” ― 'My Sister's Keeper'.

“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” ― 'My Sister's Keeper'.

“The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?” ― 'Between The Lines'.

“If you don't want to be my sister anymore, that's one thing. But I don't think I could stand to lose you as a friend.” ― 'My Sister's Keeper'.

“If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? ” ― 'My Sister's Keeper'.

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.” ― 'My Sister's Keeper'.

“Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.” ― 'Perfect Match'.

“She was all the things I wasn't. And I was all the things she wasn't. she could paint circles around anyone; I couldn't even draw a straight line. She was never into sports; I've always been. Her hand, it fit mine.” ― 'The Pact'.