Quotes from Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult

“People have to fave their own demons.”

“I can see reflected in his eyes the girl who used to believe in romance.”

“There are certain marks on our soul that no one could ever erase.”

“We were sitting side by side. We were simply holding hands. But even that was a trial of faith. His palm enveloped my own. I was afraid to move. If I ever took too deep a breath I would have kissed him without that strange reaching feeling that sat in the pit of my stomach. For the first time, I did not trust him. What was worse, I did not trust myself.”

“I’m not the same you know. I look at flowers longer and I walk a little slower. I know off the top of my head poems i never read and sometimes I wonder if I’m ever going to fall in love.”

“I imagine that when I meet him, he would reach out his arms for me and there I would be, in the place where I always knew I fit best.”

“I didn’t mean to leave you. I only meant to leave.”