“I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.”

Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

Once upon a time there were two sisters. One of them was really, really strong, and one of them wasn’t.’ You looked at me. ‘Your turn.’

I rolled my eyes. ‘The strong sister went outside into the rain and realized the reason she was strong was because she was made out of iron, but it was raining and she rusted. The end.’

No, because the sister who wasn’t strong went outside into the rain when it was raining, and hugged her really tight until the sun came out again.”

“Handle with Care” by Jodi Picoult

Add love, and a person might do something crazy. Add love, and all the lines between the right and wrong were bound to disappear.

THE TENTH CIRCLE, JODI PICOULT

People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that’s not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.

JODI PICOULT, HANDLE WITH CARE