Jodi Picoult Quotes

Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.

My God. What's happened?

Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

A lot of people didn't realize that with the carpet being pulled out from under me in such a short time frame I got to such a bad place.

I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.

It's the one you don't expect that knocks you out.

Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.

We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.

Cowardece is often just another name for being taken by surprise.

You were totally unprepared for her.” “That's for damned sure.

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

Sometimes there's no warning. Nothing at all.

The thing about nightmares was that you couldn't prepare for them. They sneaked up on you when you were most vulnerable.

If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.

Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screams brought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven. "The world's endin', Atticus! Please do something -!" I dragged him to the window and pointed. "No it's not," he said. "It's snowing.

In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.

I think I was unprepared for war.

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.

I know you have bad news,” I say softly. “I’m ready for it.” But that’s not true. One is never ready. You just lie and say you are and hope you can take the hit on the chin without going down.

Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land.

All right," I managed to say, just before I crumpled to the floor. "Let's see what you've got.

Sometimes we don't see out of our peripheral vision what's coming right around the corner.