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To be forgiven, the person has to be sorry. In Judaism, that's called teshuvah. It means 'turning away from evil.' It's not a one-time deal, either. It's a course of action. A single act of repentance is something that makes the person who committed the evil feel better, but not the person against whom evil was committed.
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Jodi Picoult |
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You could stop expecting the most awful thing to happen, because it already had.
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Jodi Picoult |
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I've thought a lot about it: how you can ricochet from a moment where you are on top of the world to one where you are crawling at rock bottom. I've thought about all the things I could have done differently, and if it would have led to another outcome. But thinking doesn't change anything, does it?
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Jodi Picoult |
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It turns out that the more you repeat the same action, no matter how reprehensible, the more you can make an excuse for it in your own mind.
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Jodi Picoult |
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I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow in it. "what happen then?" "what else," I said "It broke."
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Jodi Picoult |
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Skin color doesn't make you different,' Melody said. 'We're all the same on the inside.' 'The only people who ever say that,' Raymon replied, 'are white.
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humor
race
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Jodi Picoult |
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He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes. And then there was a shot.
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Jodi Picoult |
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The Abenaki also believe that there are some people who live between the animal world and the human world, never fully belonging to either one.
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philosophy
tribal
wolf
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Jodi Picoult |
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No child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped in.
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religion
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Jodi Picoult |
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The first Abenaki word I ever learned was Bitawbagok - the word they use for Lake Champlain. It means, literally, the waters between. Since I've come back from Quebec, I have thought of my address as Bitawkdakinna. I don't know enough Abenaki to be sure it's a real word, but translated, it is the world between. I had become a bridge between the natural world and the human one. I fit into both places and belonged to neither. Half of my hear..
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human
natural-world
civilization
wolf
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Jodi Picoult |
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If you knew you were going to die, wasn't it better to choose the time and place, instead of waiting for fate to drop on you like an anvil?
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Jodi Picoult |
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I had come to see, too, that all my characters and I were motivated by the same inspiration. Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love--well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it.
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Jodi Picoult |
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I know I told you to go to hell," I say, "but I'm glad you ignored me." "Delia, that newspaper story--" "You know what?" I say, trying to keep my voice from breaking. "Right now, I don't need a journalist. But I sure could use a friend." He hunches his shoulders. "I have references." I offer up the smallest smile, a bridge between us. "Actually," I confess, "you're the only one who applied."
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Jodi Picoult |
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But there's another part of me that knows no matter how Delia and I go forward from this point, it won't be the same. Because when she smiles, I will look away before it is contagious. When we sit beside each other, I will make sure that our shoulders do not brush. When we speak, there will be spaces between our words just the shape and size of that damn kiss.
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Jodi Picoult |
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You might tell yourself that candor is the foundation of a relationship, but even that would be untrue. You are far more likely to lie to yourself, or your loved one, if you think it will keep the pain at bay.
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Jodi Picoult |
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Why didn't you tell me?" Delia says, stung. "Why don't any of us tell you anything?" I respond. "We love you."
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Jodi Picoult |
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It turns out that sharing the past with someone is different from reliving it when you're alone. It feels less like a wound and more like a poultice.
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healing
the-past
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Jodi Picoult |
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Our eyes meet in the mirror but neither of us speaks; we are afraid that whatever words we pick won't be able to bear the weight of what's happened.
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Jodi Picoult |
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Whether or not you believe in fate comes down to one thing: who you blame when something goes wrong. Do you think it's your fault - that if you'd tried better, worked harder, it wouldn't have happened? Or do you just chalk it up to circumstance?
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Jodi Picoult |
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b04f75a
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Sometimes all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.
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Jodi Picoult |
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You'd be surprised how hard it is to get people to believe the truth. I guess that's because most of the time we don't want to admit it to ourselves.
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Jodi Picoult |
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I'm sorry, I sobbed. I'm helpless. That's where you're wrong, she told me. You're mot helpless. You need help. There's a big difference.
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Jodi Picoult |
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You can blame your ugliness for keeping people at bay, when in reality you're crippled by the thought of letting another person close enough to potentially scar you even more deeply. You can tell yourself that it's safer to love someone who will never really love you back, because you can't lose someone you never had.
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Jodi Picoult |
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8f6ff2e
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I'd make a snide comment about the youths of america but I'm too impressed by the fact that she's reading something other than Fifty Shades of Grey.
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Jodi Picoult |
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Having a family means you're never alone.
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Jodi Picoult |
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In fact, sometimes I was sure that the reason people stared at you with your crutches and wheelchair had nothing to do with your disabilities, and everything to do with the fact that you had abilities that they only dreamed of.
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Jodi Picoult |
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Something was missing. I couldn't tell you what it was if you asked but it was off. And if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax.
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Jodi Picoult |
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My mother and Joe have a lovers' shorthand, an economy of gestures that comes when you are close enough to someone to speak their language. I wonder if my mother and father ever had that, or if my mother was always just trying to decipher him.
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Jodi Picoult |
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the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.
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Jodi Picoult |
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If you say that you believe something to be true, you might mean one of two things- that you're still weighing the alternatives, or that you accept it as a fact.
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Jodi Picoult |
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He swaggered over to my mother, and kissed her so long and slow that my own cheeks started to burn, because I was sure the neighbors would see. When he lifted his head, my mother's eyes were a color I had never seen before and don't think I have ever seen again.
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Jodi Picoult |
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I can't watch someone cook without helping. It's a genetic abnormality.
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Jodi Picoult |
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If you knew what those [pork rinds] did to your body, you wouldn't eat them.' 'If you knew when the last time I ate was, you wouldn't bother me.
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Jodi Picoult |
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Better safe than sorry!
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regrets
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Jodi Picoult |
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You can't buy a clean conscience.
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Jodi Picoult |
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She touched him and found that even something as innocent as the lacing of their fingers could raise all the hairs on the back of her neck and make her blood beat faster.
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Jodi Picoult |
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M'lchanieto e prosto po-tikh nachin da se l'zhe.
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Jodi Picoult |
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We take the elevator to the third floor, to the office of Dr. Harrison Chance. His name alone has put me off. Why not Dr. Victor?
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fortune
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Jodi Picoult |
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they accepted any baggage that came with you and made you believe you were more than you actually were
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Jodi Picoult |
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But risk always looks different when you are beating he system than when you've been beaten
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Jodi Picoult |
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Ketika kau hanya memiliki palu, semuanya tampak seperti paku
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Jodi Picoult |
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But I wouldn't get him close, and I would never show him my heart.
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Jodi Picoult |
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It was hard to separate the fact from the fiction...
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Jodi Picoult |
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Because we're two of a kind. You were made to take care of me, and I'm going to take care of you.
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Jodi Picoult |