Plain Truth

by Jodi Picoult

If you never go out on that limb, you’re missing a hell of a view.”

As I watched her, I understood why a mother would starve herself to feed a baby; how there was always time and room for a child to curl close to her side; how she could be soft enough to serve as a pillow and

strong enough to move heaven and earth.

Things had a way of working out for the best, when you let them run their course.

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

“Just because you love someone doesn’t mean the Lord has it in His plan for you to be together.”