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The Book of Two Ways QUOTES

The Book of Two Ways QUOTES

1 " Getting what you want isn't instant gratification. It's a slow pulling apart, a realignment of bones and sinew. There are aches involved. There is bruising. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

2 " A sob folds him at the waist. "I love her. I love her to death."
"You love her through death, " I correct him gently. "you don't stop loving someone just because they're not physically with you. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

3 " What's your favourite painting?'
'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,' Win says without hesitation. 'By Georges Seurat.'
'Isn't that the one made up of dots?'
'Pointillism. Yeah. It represents the two sides of art that I love-on one habd, it's just beautifully rendered because the artist made sure every inch of the canvas was pulsing with life. But there's a whole other side of it - pointillism is a metaphor for society and politics. Painting dot by dot stands in for the industrial revolution and how it was filtering into leisure time in society. I could write a whoe paper on it.' She smiles. 'I did.'
'Sounds like a perfect marriage of skill and significance, 'I say.
'A perect marriage, ' Win repeats. 'Yes. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

4 " There are five things we need to say to people we love before they die…: I forgive you. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. Goodbye. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

5 " Life asked death, “Why do people love me but hate you?” Death responded, “Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” —Unknown "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

6 " I once read that every story is a love story. Love of a person, a country, a way of life. Which means, of course, that all tragedies are about losing what you love. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

7 " I think that you can love more than one person in a lifetime. There's the one who teaches you what love is, even if it doesn't last. … And then there's the one who makes you a better human than you were, even as you do the same form him. … And then there's the last one ... The one that you never get enough time with. But who sees you through to the end. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

8 " I think people assume death is all or nothing. Someone is here, or they’re not. But that’s not what it’s like, is it? The echo of you is still here—in your children or grandchildren; in the art you made while living; in the memories other people have of you. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

9 " When you lose someone you love, there is a tear in the fabric of the universe. It's the scar you feel for, the flaw you can't stop seeing. It's the tender place that won't bear weight. It's a void. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

10 " Sometimes you hurt the people you love. And sometimes you love the people who hurt you. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

11 " Everyone is afraid of saying the wrong thing. It’s more important to be there than to be right. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

12 " Ancient Egyptians believed that the first and most necessary ingredient in the universe was chaos. It could sweep you away, but it was also the place from which all things start anew. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

13 " Love isn’t a perfect match, but an imperfect one. You are rocks in a tumbler. At first you bump, you scrape, you snag. But each time that happens, you smooth each other’s edges, until you wear each other down. And if you are lucky, at the end of all that, you fit. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

14 " After fifteen years, love isn’t just a feeling,” he says. “It’s a choice. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

15 " I love her. I love her to death.” “You love her through death,” I correct gently. “You don’t stop loving someone just because they’re not physically with you. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

16 " We all have stories we tell ourselves, until we believe them to be true. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

17 " When you're an artist, it's because there's something inside you that you can't keep from spilling out. Maybe it comes in the form of sentences, or a grand jete, or stroke of a paintbrush. The end result can be a million different things. But the seed, it's always the same. It's the emotion there isn't a word for. The feeling that's too big for your body. To show someone your soul, you have to bleed. People who are comfortable, people who are content, they don't create art. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

18 " I’m at the age where that’s a surprise, where I still think I’m going to see a younger woman rather than the one who blinks back at me. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

19 " There is something bleak and barren about a world that is missing the person who knows you best. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways

20 " The thing about death is that we're all terrified of it happening, and we're devastated when it does, and we go out of our way to pretend that neither of these things is true. "

― Jodi Picoult , The Book of Two Ways