You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash,… — 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
“So don't judge me, unless you've fallen asleep on a couch with your ill child, thinking this night might be her last.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Finally she found what she was looking for. “See, child?” she said, holding out a framed illustration that looked as if it… — 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
When you love someone - when you create a child with him - you don't just suddenly lose that bond. Like any… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child. — 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
Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a… — 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
and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“...there are just some people you cannot find the good in. But who am I to decide if someone should be killed… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages. It is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I didn’t want to invade his privacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“His biggest fear was that if and when he did find his missing daughter, she would no longer recognize who he had… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“A child who suffers from PTSD has made unsuccessful attempts to get help, and as the victimization continues, he stops asking for… — 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
I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our… — 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
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
There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When was the last time someone read aloud to you? Probably when you were a child, and if you think back, you'll… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Cards seven and eight were the enemies plotting against him. "These are both great cards," I said. "This is a child who's… — 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
