“Even if we have grown so far apart that we don't recognize each other when we pass, we have this life, this… — 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
“I had to learn how to be a mother before I realized how lucky I am to be a child.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“She had come to the clinic because she didn't want to be a little girl anymore. But it wasn't having sex that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“However, no child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.” — 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
“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
Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“It was a hairline crack, one might never have noticed, except for the fact it grew wider and wider, until there was… — 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
“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
“Look at that,” Michael said. “My daughter's an hour old and she's already sleeping with some guy.” — 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
“Your child is hurt. How quickly can you make it better? What if you can't?” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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
“...he glanced at the stranger in the seat beside him and tried to remember when she used to be his daughter.” — 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 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
It was so damn hard to find love in this world, to locate someone who could make you feel that there was… — 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
“I'm a daughter from a strong man and beautiful mommy, and I'm so proud to be I am.” — 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
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
“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
“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
