--- title: "15 Minutes Quotes By Jodi Picoult" description: "15 Minutes quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/jodi-picoult-45_matter_what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-m_1506768.jpg" --- > [What could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-matter-of-minutes-that-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/jodi-picoult-45_matter_what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-m_1506768.jpg) > [I wonder if you've got a minute." I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-many-minutes-all-of-them-used/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jodi-picoult-45_common_i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-m_1615733.jpg) > [I believe in love. I think it just hits you and pulls the rug out from underneath you and, like a baby,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-believe-in-love-i-think-it-just-hits-you-and-pulls-the-rug-out-from/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a4/jodi-picoult-45_attention_i-believe-in-love-i-think-it-just-hits-y_3236554.jpg) > [In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/in-nineteen-minutes-you-can-mow-the-front-lawn-color-your-hair-watch/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/jodi-picoult-45_color_in-nineteen-minutes-you-can-mow-the-fron_711131.jpg) > [in nineteen minutes you can norder a pizza and have it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/in-nineteen-minutes-you-can-norder-a-pizza-and-have-it-delivered-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/jodi-picoult-45_changed_in-nineteen-minutes-you-can-norder-a-piz_1406970.jpg) > [Do you know how there are moments when the world moves so slowly you can feel your bones shifting, your mind tumbling?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/do-you-know-how-there-are-moments-when-the-world-moves-so-slowly-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/jodi-picoult-45_bones_do-you-know-how-there-are-moments-when-t_1454222.jpg) > [I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-started-writing-when-i-had-three-kids-under-the-age-of-4-i-used-to/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/jodi-picoult-45_age_i-started-writing-when-i-had-three-kids_2786263.jpg) > [I have loved before, but it didn’t feel like this. I have kissed before, but it didn’t burn me alive. Maybe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-have-loved-before-but-it-didn-t-feel-like-this-i-have-kissed-before/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/jodi-picoult-45_alive_i-have-loved-before-but-it-didn-t-feel-l_1627887.jpg) > [there was not much distinction between losing a friend and a lover: it was all about intimacy. One moment, you had someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/there-was-not-much-distinction-between-losing-a-friend-and-a-lover-it/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/jodi-picoult-45_distinction_there-was-not-much-distinction-between-l_1870498.jpg) > [Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/life-sometimes-gets-so-bogged-down-in-the-details-you-forget-you-are-2/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/jodi-picoult-45_accomplished_life-sometimes-gets-so-bogged-down-in-th_3162600.jpg) > [I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-think-a-persons-life-is-supposed-to-be-like-a-dvd-you-can-see-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/jodi-picoult-45_cinema_i-think-a-persons-life-is-supposed-to-be_1728465.jpg) > [Besides the obvious difference, there was not much distinction between losing a best friend and losing a lover: it was all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/besides-the-obvious-difference-there-was-not-much-distinction-between/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/jodi-picoult-45_awful_besides-the-obvious-difference-there-was_374471.jpg) > [She stared at Peter, and she realized that in that one moment, when she hadn't been thinking, she knew exactly what he'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/she-stared-at-peter-and-she-realized-that-in-that-one-moment-when-she/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/jodi-picoult-45_brain_she-stared-at-peter-and-she-realized-tha_1259485.jpg) > [ \[Jules\] slides into a seat beside me with her hot lunch tray, sighing. “Four hours, thirty-six minutes, and twelve seconds till we’re… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/jules-slides-into-a-seat-beside-me-with-her-hot-lunch-tray-sighing/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/jodi-picoult-45_communication_jules-slides-into-a-seat-beside-me-with_369395.jpg) > [“You can argue that it's a different world now than the one when Matthew Shepard was killed, but there is a subtle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/you-can-argue-that-it-s-a-different-world-now-than-the-one-when/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/jodi-picoult-45_able_you-can-argue-that-it-s-a-different-worl_764206.jpg) ## Other authors on Minutes ## 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/minutes/jodi-picoult/#itemlist", "name": "15 Minutes Quotes By Jodi Picoult", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and set on was not the person you'd thought?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-matter-of-minutes-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/jodi-picoult-45_matter_what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-m_1506768.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/jodi-picoult-45_matter_what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-m_1506768.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/jodi-picoult-45_matter_what-could-it-be-like-to-find-out-in-a-m_1506768.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What could it be like to find out, in a matter of minutes, that the person you believed the sun rose and set…” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wonder if you've got a minute.\" I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-many-minutes-all-of-them-used/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jodi-picoult-45_common_i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-m_1615733.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jodi-picoult-45_common_i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-m_1615733.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/jodi-picoult-45_common_i-wonder-if-you-ve-got-a-minute-i-have-m_1615733.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wonder if you've got a minute.\" I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe in love. 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