Jodi Picoult

"Disaster was an avalanche, gathering speed with such acceleration that you worried more about getting out of its path, not finding the pebble at its center."

"I'm too much of a coward to kill myself. And too much of a coward to live."

"Can you fall for someone because you're lazy?"

"The cost of growth is always a small act of violence."

"History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them."

"If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it."

"True love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart."

"What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?"

"Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed."

"But sometimes, in order to win, you have to make sacrifices."

"But no one ever said yes to make sex consensual. You took hints from body language, from the way two people came together. Why...Didn't a shake of the head or a hand pushing hard against a chest speak just as loudly? Why did you have to actually say the word no for it to be rape?"

"When they laugh, it sounds like confetti."