If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Don Quixote and Gatsby and their respective paramours. What captures the imagination is watching men throw themselves at a brick wall over and over again, and wondering if this is the time that they won't be able to get back up. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes, p.333, Simon and Schuster
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- I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2008). Change of Heart: A Novel, p.12, Simon and Schuster
- When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2014). Sing You Home: A Novel, p.61, Simon and Schuster
- Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.
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