Quotes From "Keeping Faith" By Jodi Picoult

I don't think we get a choice in who we...
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I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for, " Ian whispers. "I think we just do. Jodi Picoult
I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like...
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I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him. Jodi Picoult
My mother used to tell me that when push comes...
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My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct. Jodi Picoult
This is love, I think. A place where people who...
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This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder Jodi Picoult
Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of...
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Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions. Jodi Picoult
The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to...
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The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies Jodi Picoult
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Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike." What do you mean?" Your daughter, " Dr. Keller says flatly. "I think she's seeing God. Jodi Picoult
If it is possible to die of grief then why...
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If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness? Jodi Picoult
Objection!
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Objection! " Metz shouts. Grounds?" the judge asks. Well...he's my witness! Jodi Picoult
I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their...
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I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be. Jodi Picoult
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Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees. Jodi Picoult
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You can believe something really hard, ' Faith says, 'and still be wrong. Jodi Picoult
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The ability to find sparks may be buried so deep in you that you stop believing there's a God. Until someone comes along, with so much light in her that you can't help but see your own, and when you're together, that light grows even brighter. Jodi Picoult
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I want to believe there's a God. Because I sure as hell know there's a devil. Jodi Picoult
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She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting. Jodi Picoult
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People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen. Jodi Picoult
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There are skeletons in everyone's closet, things no one ever wants the world to discover. Jodi Picoult