Jodi Picoult Quotes

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

I'd rather trust nine people and have the 10th one stab me in the back. I'd take that fall in order to have those nine friendships or working relationships instead of having none. That's not living.

Love should be all about giving and trusting.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.

I think if you're in love, you're willing to do anything that comes with it.

Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.

You think death is any better an excuse for desertion than any other?

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

The best proof of love is trust.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

I trust every single person around me, and if I feel even a whiff of uncertainty I won't have that person around me.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.