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
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
“Now I know: adulthood is a line drawn in the sand. At some point, your child will be standing on the other… — 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
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
Hopefully, more and more people will come to understand that a child who's "different from" is not one who is "lesser than." — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I have never fit into this town, this marriage, this skin. I am the child who was picked last to play tag;… — 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
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
“What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
And that was the greatest heartbreak of all- no matter how spectacular we want our children to be, no matter how perfect… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“stealing things. I should preface this by saying I was an only child—a precocious one at that. I also said I was… — 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
“Sometimes parents don't find what they're looking for it their child, so they plant seeds for what they'd like to grow there… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It's not politically correct to say that you love one child more than you love your others. I love all of my… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It's not politically correct to say that you love one child more than you love your others. I love all of my… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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