Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell… — 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
“What do parents look like?" "You know how the tightrope guy at the circus wants everyone to believe his act is an… — 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
“You see, Minka, my father would say. Anything is possible. Even the most terrible beast might one day be a distant memory.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“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 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
From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, could stand… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped… — 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
“Corazon smiled at him. "You know how your mother keeps her Christmas card list? How she sends to people who send her… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I've met so many parents of the kids who are on the low end of the autism spectrum, kids who are diametrically… — 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
“My mother, who would always buy her books new, hated it the vintage hardcovers with their cracked spines and threadbare cloth covers.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I just know that, at that moment, I remember feeling like the world had turned itself inside out. It's the child who's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sara: "You are so brave," I tell her, and then I smile. "When I grow up, I want to be just like… — 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
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — 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
