Jodi Picoult Quotes

You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on.

When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been, it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again.

But sometimes there’s nothing left to do but move on.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

You can't go back; I can't go back either, but we can go on.

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.

It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.

I learned something very important early on: You accept what happens and move on. In other words, if I hit a bad shot, I can't change it. There is only the next shot. That was a big lesson.

Finally there was a moment when it just hit me. John wouldn't want me to sit on my butt for the rest of my life feeling sorry for myself or sorry for him. As cheesy as it sounds, he would have wanted us to go on.

There is always a time to move on.

I don't live in the past. I don't play my old records for that reason. I make a statement, then move on to the next.

I never like to think about going back; I only look forward.

I am not sentimental about the past. I like to think about what is next.

Part of the game is moving on. And you do.

I have friends who have lost husbands and have gone off and tried different things. Nothing wrong with that.

I tell people that life is like a book. Sometimes you've just got to turn the chapter. Even if you don't understand it, turn the chapter and move away from it. You don't know all the good things that are ahead of you yet.

Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else.

Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.

Part of life is dying and you just have to pick up where you left off.

Sometimes you have to think about letting people move on.

Every loss I take, I've accepted, and I move on.