in nineteen minutes you can norder a pizza and have it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Maybe this was the job of a mother: to buy time for her child, no matter what. Even if it meant doing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Iknew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by thetime he… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“In psychoanalytical theory there is a phenomenon called transference. The therapist becomes a blank screen, onto which the patient projects some incident… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I just know that, at that moment, I remember feeling like the world had turned itself inside out. It's the child who's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
a guardian ad litem... GAL is appointed by a court to be a child's advocate during legal proceedings that involve a minor.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Over her shoulder was Josie-and for the first time, Alex could really see a piece of herself in her daughter. It wasn’t… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Never ask your child a open-ended question, such as "Do you want to go to bed now?" You won't want to hear… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“We pretend that we know our children, because it's easier than admitting the truth--from the minute that cord is cut, they are… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You’d think that the hardest part of an experience like this is the moment the mother gives you her child, but it’s… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Families were never what you wanted them to be. We all wanted what we couldn't have: the perfect child, the doting husband,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Other people look at me and think: That poor woman; she has a child with a disability. But all I see when… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The first question she was asked was What do you do? as if that were enough to define you. Nobody ever asked… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I have met convicted child molesters before. They don’t wear badges or brands or tattoos announcing their vice. It’s hidden under a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I wonder if there's a difference between being a dutiful mother and being a good mother.' There is,' I said, and Charlotte… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Mistakes are memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Let me guess," Eric says, "You never meant for it to happen." "Hell, yes, I did. I've wanted her since you two started dating."… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“It’s the difference between dancing along the eggshell crust of acquaintance and diving into the messy center of a relationship.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
I love feeling loved. I don't love knowing that I will always come in second place. I love the fact that at least sometimes… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“When she had packed all the artifacts that made up their personal history into liquor store boxes, the house became strictly a feminine place.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
