Wednesday, November 16, 2011

House Rules

“Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces.”

― Jodi Picoult, House Rules

4 comments:

Ze2red said...

Profound.

Shrouk said...

yeah, she knows how to describe such things. she takes what seems to be a common feeling and put it in ordinary words to make such deep and heart melting sentence.
I haven't read this noel yet but after finding this quote it found its way to my to-read list.

you can find the soft copy here
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8140997-house-rules

Ze2red said...

i've read the book last summer and i have a hardcopy :)

i know i wrote about it on blog, however i can't seem to find the post at the moment.

u should read "my sister's keeper" as well.

Shrouk said...

I've read it , it is way much better than the movie.
I also read perfect match and change of heart (recommend them both if you haven't read them yet)
I love the way she writes how she makes my attached to the caracters and concered about them and what they are facing,she is amazing
I don't read english novels alot but she is definitely one of my favorite writers
:)