Jodi Picoult citáty

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„Nejvýše postavený vlk ve smečce není ten, kdo používá brutální sílu. Je to ten, kdo by ji mohl použít, ale rozhodne se to neudělat.“

„Nevím, co ti ten člověk udělal. Vlastně si nejsem jistá, jestli to vědět chci. Ale odpuštění neděláš kvůli někomu jinému. Je to něco, co děláš kvůli sobě. Říká se, že žádný člověk není tak důležitý, aby měl nad námi moc. Říká se ale také, že není dobré se nechat uvěznit v minulosti, protože každý si zaslouží budoucnost.“

„Nevěřím v boha.
Věřím v lidi, v jejich sílu a pomoc, kterou jsou schopni poskytnout jeden druhému, v lidi, kteří touží spolupracovat, ne se hašteřit. Věřím, že výjimečné věci vždycky překryjí ty obyčejné.
Věřím, že pokud má člověk v co doufat - i kdyby to byl jen lepší zítřek -, je to ta nejsilnější droga na této planetě.“

„Historie nejsou jen data, místa a války. Jsou to především lidé, kteří zaplňují volný prostor mezi nimi.“

„Existuje mnoho způsobů, jak někoho zradit.
Člověk ho může za jeho zády pomlouvat.
Může ho záměrně podvést.
Může ho vydat do rukou nepříteli, když mu dotyčný věří.
Může porušit slib.
Otázkou je, jestli když tohle všechno udělá, nezradí i sám sebe?“

„Nemilujete lidi, protože jsou perfektní. Milujete je navzdory skutečnosti, že nejsou.“

„Občas slova nejsou dost velká, aby dokázala obsáhnout všechny pocity, které se do ně člověk snaží vložit.“

„Každý si ale čas od času myslíme, že náš žal je větší než smutek těch ostatních.“

„Mít moc neznamená dělat hrozné věci těm, kdo jsou slabší než ty. Znamená to mít sílu něco takového udělat, ale rozhodnout se, že ne.“

„V nebi i v pekle sedí lidé u stolu plných lahodných jídel, ale nikdo nedokáže ohnout ruce v lokti. Takže všichni v pekle hladoví, protože se nemohou najíst. V nebi jsou ale všichni syti, protože na to, aby se nakrmili navzájem, ruce ohýbat nepotřebují.“

„Aby se člověk stal znovu lidskou bytostí, stačí někdo, kdo vás tak vnímá bez ohledu na to, jak vypadáte.“

“I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.”

“They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out?”

“It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where you came from?”

“When someone dies, it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you
have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all the nerves are still a little raw.”

“Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.”

“Infatuation's just another word for not seeing clearly. When you start to love a person- that's when they become real”

“Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.”

“The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.”

“Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.”

“And oh she had been broken. She hid it well, but Ross knew from personal experience that once you had put the pieces together, even though you might look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall”

“When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.”

“You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?… A plan.”

“My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after it’s faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.”

“Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.”

“Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids… but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.”

“What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you’re faking.”

“I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.”

“Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.”

“What you had could never make up for what you'd lost.”

“Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have come face-to-face with a catastrophe. The garbage can still overflow, the bills arrive in the mail, telemarketers, interrupt dinner.”

“I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.”

“The way i see it, love is just a bigger, stickier form of trust.”

“What makes you walk past thirty-thousand people without a second glance, and then you look at the thirty-thousandth-and-first person and know you'll never take your eyes off her again?”

“Marina sighs. "Love's a tidal wave," she says. "Because it sweeps you off your feet?" I ask. "No. Because it sucks you under and you drown.”

“If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.”

“He’s not your typical prince, more like a square peg in a round hole, kind of like me. He’s the sort of guy who wouldn’t mind reading side by side on a date.”

“You know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything.”

“She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.”

“There are some weapons you can't protect yourself against.”