--- title: "4 Dishes Quotes By Jodi Picoult" description: "4 Dishes quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Dishes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/jodi-picoult-45_aids_i-learned-a-long-time-ago-with-you-that_494150.jpg" --- > [I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-learned-a-long-time-ago-with-you-that-folks-who-were-trying-to-be/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/jodi-picoult-45_aids_i-learned-a-long-time-ago-with-you-that_494150.jpg) > [That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/that-s-what-religion-does-it-points-a-finger-it-causes-wars-it-breaks/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/jodi-picoult-45_break_that-s-what-religion-does-it-points-a-fi_1089284.jpg) > [Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/maybe-you-had-to-leave-in-order-to-really-miss-a-place-maybe-you-had/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/jodi-picoult-45_ancient_maybe-you-had-to-leave-in-order-to-reall_1521631.jpg) > [Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/things-break-all-the-time-glass-and-dishes-and-fingernails-cars-and-2/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/jodi-picoult-45_break_things-break-all-the-time-glass-and-dish_2546118.jpg) ## Other authors on Dishes ## More by Jodi Picoult > [You get through it, you just never get over it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/you-get-through-it-you-just-never-get-over-it/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“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."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/let-me-guess-eric-says-you-never-meant-for-it-to-happen-hell-yes-i/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“It’s the difference between dancing along the eggshell crust of acquaintance and diving into the messy center of a relationship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-s-the-difference-between-dancing-along-the-eggshell-crust-of/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/because-hate-s-just-the-flip-side-of-love-like-heads-and-tails-on-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/some-women-are-meant-to-change-the-world-while-others-are-meant-to/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-love-feeling-loved-i-don-t-love-knowing-that-i-will-always-come-in/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“Music is the language of memory”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/music-is-the-language-of-memory/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/but-there-is-a-different-between-mending-someone-who-s-broken-and/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/sometimes-words-are-not-big-enough-to-contain-all-the-feelings-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“The age wasn't as important as the milestones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/the-age-wasn-t-as-important-as-the-milestones/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/the-night-is-falling-down-around-us-meteors-rain-like-fireworks-quick/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“When she had packed all the artifacts that made up their personal history into liquor store boxes, the house became strictly a feminine place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-she-had-packed-all-the-artifacts-that-made-up-their-personal/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/maybe-who-we-are-isn-t-so-much-about-what-we-do-but-rather-what-we-re/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/here-s-what-i-hadn-t-realized-the-mother-you-haven-t-seen-for-almost/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) > [My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/my-brother-believed-in-all-sorts-of-mythical-creatures-pixies-dragons/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dishes/jodi-picoult/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dishes Quotes By Jodi Picoult", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-and-cheese bake than any personal involvement. 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