Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white... - Jodi Picoult

"The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love so strong it turned you inside out and left you gasping, and would be an identical match to a slice stored in the heart of a soul mate."

"You don't have to say I love you to say I love you,"you said with a shrug. "All you have to do is say my name and I know."..."Can't you hear it?"you said. "When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth."

"I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names."

"Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink."

"My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her."