--- title: "20 Moving Quotes By Jodi Picoult" description: "20 Moving quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Moving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jodi-picoult-45_backing_when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-hea_392728.jpg" --- > [When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-head-like-a-moving-truck-that-s/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jodi-picoult-45_backing_when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-hea_392728.jpg) > [I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-swiftly-while-the-heart-dragged/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/jodi-picoult-45_feet_i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-sw_3049233.jpg) > [so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opposite-direction/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/jodi-picoult-45_moving_so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opp_1068299.jpg) > [In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/in-america-right-now-the-people-who-talk-about-race-the-most-are/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/jodi-picoult-45_acknowledge_in-america-right-now-the-people-who-talk_1464509.jpg) > [I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice…sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-thought-lightning-wasn-t-supposed-to-strike-in-the-same-place-twice/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/jodi-picoult-45_doe_i-thought-lightning-wasn-t-supposed-to-s_1002349.jpg) > [My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/my-mother-moves-so-fast-i-do-not-even-see-it-coming-but-she-slaps-my/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/jodi-picoult-45_enough_my-mother-moves-so-fast-i-do-not-even-se_2108594.jpg) > [It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-s-the-child-who-s-supposed-to-cry-and-the-mom-who-makes-it-all/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/jodi-picoult-45_children_it-s-the-child-who-s-supposed-to-cry-and_891723.jpg) > [ Love \[is\] supposed to move mountains, to make the world go round, to be all you need, but it \[falls\] apart at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/love-is-supposed-to-move-mountains-to-make-the-world-go-round-to-be/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/jodi-picoult-45_fall_love-is-supposed-to-move-mountains-to-ma_393324.jpg) > [Why is it that only in the very beginnings of a relationship are you aware of the heat coming from inside a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/why-is-it-that-only-in-the-very-beginnings-of-a-relationship-are-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/jodi-picoult-45_accidents_why-is-it-that-only-in-the-very-beginnin_1601471.jpg) > [It was no coincidence, that fear could move a person to extremes, just as seamlessly as love. They were the conjoined twins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-was-no-coincidence-that-fear-could-move-a-person-to-extremes-just/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/jodi-picoult-45_coincidence_it-was-no-coincidence-that-fear-could-mo_2888614.jpg) > [It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-was-a-catch-22-if-you-didn-t-put-the-trauma-behind-you-you-couldn/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/jodi-picoult-45_behind-you_it-was-a-catch-22-if-you-didn-t-put-the_1905947.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) > [But mostly I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. I still loved him. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/but-mostly-i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-swiftly-while-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/jodi-picoult-45_feet_but-mostly-i-wondered-why-the-head-could_2911131.jpg) > [There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/there-are-all-sorts-of-losses-people-suffer-from-the-small-to-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/jodi-picoult-45_children_there-are-all-sorts-of-losses-people-suf_847694.jpg) > [The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/the-english-judged-a-person-so-that-they-d-be-justified-in-casting/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/jodi-picoult-45_accused_the-english-judged-a-person-so-that-they_984993.jpg) > [Wheather it is conscious or not, you eventually make the decision to divide your life in half - before and after -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/wheather-it-is-conscious-or-not-you-eventually-make-the-decision-to/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/jodi-picoult-45_before-and-after_wheather-it-is-conscious-or-not-you-even_3224461.jpg) > [What I mean is that those thoughts, they're human. And just because you turn out differently than everyone's imagined you would doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/what-i-mean-is-that-those-thoughts-they-re-human-and-just-because-you/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jodi-picoult-45_artist_what-i-mean-is-that-those-thoughts-they_623632.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) > [I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-write-adult-fiction-but-a-good-40-to-50-per-cent-of-my-readers-are/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jodi-picoult-45_adult_i-write-adult-fiction-but-a-good-40-to-5_213441.jpg) > [Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/parenting-is-really-just-a-matter-of-tracking-of-hoping-your-kids-do/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/jodi-picoult-45_child_parenting-is-really-just-a-matter-of-tra_2946882.jpg) ## Other authors on Moving ## 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/moving/jodi-picoult/#itemlist", "name": "20 Moving Quotes By Jodi Picoult", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-head-like-a-moving-truck-that-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jodi-picoult-45_backing_when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-hea_392728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jodi-picoult-45_backing_when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-hea_392728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jodi-picoult-45_backing_when-i-m-with-you-bells-go-off-in-my-hea_392728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-swiftly-while-the-heart-dragged/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/jodi-picoult-45_feet_i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-sw_3049233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/jodi-picoult-45_feet_i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-sw_3049233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/jodi-picoult-45_feet_i-wondered-why-the-head-could-move-so-sw_3049233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opposite-direction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/jodi-picoult-45_moving_so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opp_1068299.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/jodi-picoult-45_moving_so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opp_1068299.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/jodi-picoult-45_moving_so-i-do-what-i-do-best-i-move-in-the-opp_1068299.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - 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