“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?”

Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
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“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong with the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?”


“How do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong in the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?”


“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.”


“I'm weird. Everyone says so. I suppose it'because while other fifteen-year-olds are talking about the best lip gloss or which movie star is hotter, I would rather be curled up with a book.”


“The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?”


“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.”