Jodi Picoult Quotes

Scarcely anything material or established which I was brought up to believe was permanent or vital has lasted. Everything I was sure or taught to be sure was impossible, has happened.

...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.

Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in.

It's our vanity that makes us think that what forms part of our world today must be stable and secure.

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

He is less likely to be mistaken who looks forward to a change in the affairs of the world than he who regards them as firm and stable.

The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.

I don't know where I see myself next month let alone five years. My whole life is last minute. I enjoy the spontaneity of it; I like not knowing what I will do next or whether I will be in the country next week. I just enjoy being around a creative environment.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

Everything changes permantly. How boring if it wouldn't.

No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.

When you walk out of your house in the morning, you don't know what you're going to see.

One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.

I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.

I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.

In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were.

Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever.

You are lost the moment you know what the result will be.

I guess I crave stability.

I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.