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Jodi Picoult Quotes

Jodi Picoult quotes about happy

American Author, Writer May 19, 1966

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The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy. Jodi Picoult
We'd sit with a big bowl of popcorn, wrapped together in a queen-size blanket, and would escape to a place where magic was ours for the taking, where men rescued the people they loved instead of abandoning them. A place where, no matter how bad things looked at that moment, there would always be a happy ending. Jodi Picoult
Love is not an equation... It is not a contract, and it's not a happy ending. It is the slate under the chalk and the ground buildings rise from and the oxygen in the air. Jodi Picoult
I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life. Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult quote: "I've been an idiot to think that real life could have a happy..."
I've been an idiot to think that real life could have a happy ending Jodi Picoult
Someone who was happywould have little need to hope for change. But, conversely, an optimistic person was that waybecause he wanted to believe in something better than his reality. He started wondering if there were exceptions to the rule: if happy people might be hopeful, if theunhappy might have given up any anticipation that things might get better. Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult quote: "You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the..."
You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me. Jodi Picoult
A level of a house, his father has told him, is called a story. Nathaniel likes that. It makes him feel like may be he is living between the covers of a book himself. Like may be everyone in every home is sure to get a happy ending. Jodi Picoult
There are so many things I can't believe. That people deserve what they get, both bad and good. That one day I'll live in a world where people are judged by what they do instead of who they are. That happy endings don't have contingencies and conditions. Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult quote: "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that..."
You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. Jodi Picoult
Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I don't mean a book that has two-syllable words. I mean chapters you can read in a toilet break. Happy endings. We are more of a TV culture. Jodi Picoult
Why hadn’t he realized this before? Everyone knew that if you divided reality by expectation, you got a happiness quotient. But when you inverted the equation-expectation divided by reality-you didn’t get the opposite of happiness. What you got, Lewis realized, was hope. Pure logic: Assuming reality was constant, expectation had to be greater than reality to create optimism. On the other hand, a pessimist was someone with expectations lower than reality, a fraction of diminishing returns. The... Jodi Picoult
Whatever your father did was not this woman's fault. And if she made him happy, when I obviously didn't, then the last thing you should be doing is yelling at her. Jodi Picoult
Everyone knew that if you divided reality by expectation, you got a happiness quotient. But when you invert the equation - expectation divided by reality - you didn't get the opposite of happiness. What you got, Lewis realized, was hope. Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult quote: "But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little..."
But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. That way, you'll never be disappointed. Jodi Picoult

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