He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you're pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again; yet after giving birth you realize… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child?… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I wonder if there's a difference between being a dutiful mother and being a good mother.' There is,' I said, and Charlotte… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“What could you give me," I ask, my voice shaking, "To make me forget . . . that you forgot about me?"… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What I want, more than anything, is to turn back time a little. To become the kid I used to be, who… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is… — 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
Here's what I hadn't realized: the mother you haven't seen for almost thirty-six years isn't your mother, she's a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and… — 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
Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-Aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved… — 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
