Parenting Quotes by Jodi Picoult

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

— Jodi Picoult

I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

— Jodi Picoult

Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.

— Jodi Picoult

In half hour my mother has managed to give me what my father couldn't: my past.

— Jodi Picoult

“I had to learn how to be a mother before I realized how lucky I am to be a child.”

— Jodi Picoult

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

— Jodi Picoult

Religion isn't in your DNA. you don't believe just because your parents believe.

— Jodi Picoult

(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

— Jodi Picoult

“After all, the last thing Kenosi saw, before he closed his eyes forever, was his mother coming back to him.”

— Jodi Picoult

“I went to law school for the same reason everyone else goes to law school: I had no idea what to do…

— Jodi Picoult

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a…

— Jodi Picoult

“My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running…

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I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of…

— Jodi Picoult

I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.

— Jodi Picoult

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.

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“When I was four years old, I kept telling my mother that the little boy in our house was stealing things.”

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Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like…

— Jodi Picoult

But I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you, and I am much better at being a mother…

— Jodi Picoult

I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it…

— Jodi Picoult

“Metz remembers the red dress his mother wore, the boxy suit that hung on his frame, the surprising sound of his voice…

— Jodi Picoult

“He swaggered over to my mother, and kissed her so long and slow that my own cheeks started to burn, because I…

— Jodi Picoult

When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself…

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“I think about following her, but I want to give Zoe a minute alone with her mother. I want them to have…

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parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put…

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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

“It's okay to kiss people when you love them." "I don't love your mother," I tell her. "Not like that, anyway." "You…

— Jodi Picoult

There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death…

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“It has taken me twenty-eight years to be able to admit that I'm glad I did not know my mother until now.…

— Jodi Picoult

“Corazon smiled at him. "You know how your mother keeps her Christmas card list? How she sends to people who send her…

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“Every life has a soundtrack. There is a tune that makes me think of the summer I spent rubbing baby oil on…

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“She had smiled her way through the births and had offered the new mothers the support and the medical care that they…

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The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets…

— Jodi Picoult

“When did they stop putting toys in cereal boxes? When I was little, I remember wandering the cereal aisle (which surely is…

— Jodi Picoult

“It's not politically correct to say that you love one child more than you love your others. I love all of my…

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“When I was tiny, the county fair came through town. Our parents took us, and got tickets for the rides, even though…

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“Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million? Lacy would be the keeper…

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“When I first met Cara, she was twelve and angry at the world. Her parents had split up, her brother was gone,…

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“When it rains," her father said "it pours.”

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He gently touched his mother's cheek, felt her sorrow slip over his fingertips.

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Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

— Jodi Picoult