“Mercy” by Jodi Picoult

The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you'd let them go. But now I look at you, and I see that I've been wrong. If you really love someone, I think you have to take them back.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

She knew how you went about falling in love; she did not know how you went about falling into trust.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

You can't buy a clean conscience.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

conscience money

About Jodi Picoult

Jodi Lynn Picoult ( PEE-koh; born 1966) is an American writer. As of 2026, Picoult has published 30 novels, several short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.

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