Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Lynn Picoultis an American author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth19 May 1966
CountryUnited States of America
admit funny hear knowing less somehow vengeance words
Vengeance was a funny thing: You wanted the satisfaction of knowing it had occurred, but you never wanted to actually hear the words out loud, because then you'd have to admit to yourself that you'd wanted proof, and that somehow made you baser, less civilized.
above case computer five issues letters pictures shelf spell wrote
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
deserves points readers represent
I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say.
acne admit bum cynical deals defense given hope kept might sound spite
Hope was a pathological part of puberty, like acne and surging hormones. You might sound cynical to the world, but that was just a defense mechanism, cover-up coating a zit, because it was too embarrassing to admit that in spite of the bum deals you kept getting, you hadn't completely given up.
atrocities done nightmare
I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me for this: I have done what I've sworn I could never do; I have become my own nightmare... I have lost control.
heartache
Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you.
reason somewhere-out-there knows
After all, once you know that part of something exists, it stands to reason that the rest of it is somewhere out there, too.
warning habit shout-out
If history has a habit of repeating itself, doesn't someone have to stay behind to shout out a warning?
outcomes substance determine
Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.
parenting parent
We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?
unattainable
love doesn't follow the rules... nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.
tongue forget tattooed
After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic...only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues?
clueless adoption term
Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.
parenting want incredibles
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.