Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I went to law school for the same reason everyone else goes to law school: I had no idea what to do… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“After all, the last thing Kenosi saw, before he closed his eyes forever, was his mother coming back to him.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“When I was four years old, I kept telling my mother that the little boy in our house was stealing things.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I think about following her, but I want to give Zoe a minute alone with her mother. I want them to have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“He swaggered over to my mother, and kissed her so long and slow that my own cheeks started to burn, because I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Metz remembers the red dress his mother wore, the boxy suit that hung on his frame, the surprising sound of his voice… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It's okay to kiss people when you love them." "I don't love your mother," I tell her. "Not like that, anyway." "You… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you're pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again; yet after giving birth you realize… — 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 were not really in the area,” she says now. “You look just like your father used to look when he lied… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I've met so many parents of the kids who are on the low end of the autism spectrum, kids who are diametrically… — 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
“I remember my mother telling me that, when she was a little girl in Catholic school, the nuns used to hit her… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and… — 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
A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Whatever your father did was not this woman's fault. And if she made him happy, when I obviously didn't, then the last… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It made me think of my mother, when she made her pie crusts. She'd prick little holes all over the place. So… — 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
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