Stop trying to act like nothing happened. Because something did, and you can't make it go back to being the same.

—Jodi Picoult in The Pact

About Jodi Picoult

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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...

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I don't know what it is about death that makes it so hard. I suppose it's the one-sided communication; the fact that we never get to ask our loved one if she suffered, if she is happy wherever she is now… if she is somewhere. It's the question mark that comes with death that we can't face, not the period.

—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller

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I believe that having something to hope for—even if it's just a better tomorrow—is the most powerful drug on this planet.

—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller

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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.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

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What could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and set on was not the person you'd thought?

—Jodi Picoult in The Pact

Beware of getting what you want. It’s bound to disappoint you.

—Jodi Picoult in Sing You Home

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