Jodi Picoult Quotes

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.

If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Nobody was really happy but everyone could accept.

Who you are is what you settle for, you know?

You don't say, 'I've done it!' You come, with a kind of horrible desperation, to realize that this will do.

I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.

WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn't have everything in life.

It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get, and please don't settle for less. These guys exist because there are a lot of women out there who allow them to.

If that's all he can get, and he takes it, I should say it's enough.

It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.

Adulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want to live.

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

I need you,ʺ said Lissa. ʺI hear that from women a lot,ʺ said Adrian.

You are someone worth loving

As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do

We ought not to desire the impossible.

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.

So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.

Enough or not...it will have to do

It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

Once I wanted total happiness - now I will settle for a little less pain.

George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?