Jodi Picoult: Cytaty po angielsku (strona 9)

“There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.”

“Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.”

“Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.”

“You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.”

“Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.”

“You can't edit a blank page”

“My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.”

“The only way someone can leave you is if you let them.”

“If you loved someone, really loved them, would you let them go?”

“Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who simply don't want to be in it, because we know no matter how much we struggle, we can't comfortably fit.”

“remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.”

“Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break.”

“You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.”

“What if it turns out that a life isn't defined by who you belong to, or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you've lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next?”

“On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.”

“They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.”

“if you tell yourself you feel fine, you will.”

“My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.”

“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were?”