Home / Quotes / Quote by Jodi Picoult

Quote by Jodi Picoult

“Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one’s advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance.”

Quote by Jodi Picoult

Author

Jodi Picoult is an American best-selling author known for her emotionally rich and engaging novels. Her works often revolve around family, legal, and moral dilemmas, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

You May Also Like

“And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.”

Truth Lying Falsehood Lied Dishonesty Truth And Lies Masquerade Lies Truth Being Lied

Author:Jodi Picoult

“In reality, you don’t ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path.”

Reality Path Hurricanes

Book:House Rules: A Novel

Source: House Rules: A Novel

“People don’t just disappear. There’s always a reason, or an enemy with a grudge. There’s always a loose thread that starts to unravel.”

People Reason Enemy Disappear Thread Grudge

Book:The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules

Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules

“Alex took a piece of my heart with him when he left.”

Heart Left Pieces My Heart Alex

Author:Simone Elkeles

“He was trying to fit this Herakles onto the one he knew.”

Author:Anne Carson

“Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.”

Men Ends Universe Creation Planets Birth Evidence Appearance Climax Jellyfish

Book:Ishmael: A Novel

Source: Ishmael: A Novel

“A book is a loaded gun.”

Book Gun Loaded Loaded Gun

Book:Fahrenheit 451: A Novel

Source: Fahrenheit 451: A Novel

“It a dude and a girl, and the house and wooo scary things happen and then they kill everything.”

Happens Girl House Scary Things Happen Scary Things

Author:Ilona Andrews

“There is no life which does not possess its own importance, no life which may not be touched by greatness at any time -- Yes, be touched by greatness and have a hand in it. (from The Mirror of Her Dreams)”

May Doe Dream Hands Greatness Importance Mirrors Touched

Book:The Mirror of Her Dreams

Source: The Mirror of Her Dreams

“In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live.”

Book:The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated

Source: The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated