Quotes from book
Lone Wolf

Name: Lone Wolf
Author: Jodi Picoult

Lone Wolf is a 2012 New York Times Bestselling novel by American author Jodi Picoult. The book was released on February 28, 2012 through Atria Books and centers around a man returning to his childhood home after a terrible accident.

“Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to love someone, how would you know what hate is? One can't exist without the other.”

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“You know, he told me once, completely exasperated, you've got one glass of water inside your head, with all the tears for a lifetime. If you waste them over nothing, then you won't be able to cry for real when you need to.”

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“When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you through like a sword, or it can become your backbone. Either you fall apart and sob, or you say, 'Right. What's next?”

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“This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.”

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“The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.”

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“Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.”

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“It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you.”

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“I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.”

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“Men. You can't live with them… and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made.”

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“I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.”

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“This is just my way of pointing out that we people who leap without looking are not stupid. We know damn well we might be headed for a fall. But we also know that, sometimes, it's the only way out.”

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“Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions, inside the walls of a hospital… Doubt is like dye. Once is spreads into the fabric of excuses you've woven, you'll never get rid of the stain.”

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“The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die.”

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

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“You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?… A plan.”

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“The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.”

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“An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology”

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