She stared at Peter, and she realized that in that one moment, when she hadn't been thinking, she knew exactly what he'd felt as he moved through the school with his backpack and his guns. Every kid in this school played a role: jock, brain, beauty, freak. All Peter had done was what they all secretly dreamed of: be someone, even for just nineteen minutes, who nobody else was allowed to judge. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2008). Nineteen Minutes, p.440, Simon and Schuster
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- 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. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.457, Simon and Sch β¦ βΆ
- When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.492, Simon and Schuster
- I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2007). Vanishing acts, p.50, Simon and Schuster
- I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me.
- Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you. β¨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.100, Simon and Schuster
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