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title: "7 Extraordinary Quotes By Jodi Picoult"
description: "7 Extraordinary quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Extraordinary sayings from other authors."
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> [The world is a place where the extraordinary can sit just beside the ordinary with the thinnest of boundaries; that even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/the-world-is-a-place-where-the-extraordinary-can-sit-just-beside-the/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/extraordinary-things-are-always-hiding-in-places-people-never-think/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [I think that ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary circumstances find themselves pushed beyond their limits, and learn new truths about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-think-that-ordinary-people-who-are-placed-in-extraordinary/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [I think that when you live in a world with limits... when you've met everyone and seem everything you're going to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-think-that-when-you-live-in-a-world-with-limits-when-you-ve-met/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [It never failed to amaze me how the most ordinary day could be catapulted into the extraordinary in the blink of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-never-failed-to-amaze-me-how-the-most-ordinary-day-could-be/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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> [Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/sometimes-when-you-pick-up-your-child-you-can-feel-the-map-of-your/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/jodi-picoult-45_bones_sometimes-when-you-pick-up-your-child-yo_2746519.jpg)

> [“I believe that the extraordinary trumps the ordinary, any day. I believe that having something to hope for - even if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-believe-that-the-extraordinary-trumps-the-ordinary-any-day-i/)

[Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/)

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## Other authors on Extraordinary

## 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/)

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