Quotes from Jodi Picoult, Keeping Faith

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen.

I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for, " Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

There are skeletons in everyone's closet, things no one ever wants the world to discover.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

I want to believe there's a God. Because I sure as hell know there's a devil.

Objection!" Metz shouts.Grounds?" the judge asks.Well...he's my witness!