--- title: "5 Little Boy Quotes By Jodi Picoult" description: "5 Little Boy quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Little Boy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/jodi-picoult-45_mother_when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling_669232.jpg" --- > [“When I was four years old, I kept telling my mother that the little boy in our house was stealing things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling-my-mother-that-the-little/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/jodi-picoult-45_mother_when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling_669232.jpg) > [“Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million? Lacy would be the keeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/everyone-would-remember-peter-for-nineteen-minutes-of-his-life-but/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/jodi-picoult-45_every-day_everyone-would-remember-peter-for-ninete_694071.jpg) > [“You were in business making meth? Do you have any idea what that drug does to people?" We weren't givin' it away,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/you-were-in-business-making-meth-do-you-have-any-idea-what-that-drug/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/jodi-picoult-45_ball-player_you-were-in-business-making-meth-do-you_1036068.jpg) > [Turn around, and the people you thought you knew might change. Your little boy might now live half a world away. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/turn-around-and-the-people-you-thought-you-knew-might-change-your/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/jodi-picoult-45_able_turn-around-and-the-people-you-thought-y_1517644.jpg) > [“Can I tell you something? Off the record?” Alex nodded. “Before I took this job, I used to work in Maine. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/can-i-tell-you-something-off-the-record-alex-nodded-before-i-took/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/jodi-picoult-45_better-job_can-i-tell-you-something-off-the-record_1596682.jpg) ## Other authors on Little Boy ## 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/little-boy/jodi-picoult/#itemlist", "name": "5 Little Boy Quotes By Jodi Picoult", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I was four years old, I kept telling my mother that the little boy in our house was stealing things.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling-my-mother-that-the-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/jodi-picoult-45_mother_when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling_669232.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/jodi-picoult-45_mother_when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling_669232.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/jodi-picoult-45_mother_when-i-was-four-years-old-i-kept-telling_669232.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was four years old, I kept telling my mother that the little boy in our house was stealing things.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million? 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If you build it, you put shoes on your kid's feet and food in his belly and maybe even show up every now and then with a toy that every other goddamn kid in the school already has.\" He looks up at me. \"If you build it, maybe your son don't have to, when he grow up.\" It is amazing -- the secrets you can keep, even when you are living in close quarters. \"You didn't tell me.\" Concise gets up and braces his hands against the upper bunk. \"His mama OD'd. He lives with her sister, who can't always be bothered to take care of him. I try to send money so that I know he's eatin' breakfast and gettin' school lunch tickets. I got a little bank account for him, too. Jus' in case he don't want to be part of a street gang, you know? Jus' in case he want to be an astronaut or a football player or somethin'.\" He digs out a small notebook from his bunk. \"I'm writin' him. A diary, like. 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