--- title: "18 Pieces Quotes By Jodi Picoult" description: "18 Pieces quotes by Jodi Picoult. Plus more from Jodi Picoult and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/jodi-picoult-45_bleeding_bleeding-heart-he-d-called-her-well-he-s_3225374.jpg" --- > [Bleeding heart, he’d called her. Well. He should know. He’d been the first to rip it to pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/bleeding-heart-he-d-called-her-well-he-should-know-he-d-been-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/jodi-picoult-45_bleeding_bleeding-heart-he-d-called-her-well-he-s_3225374.jpg) > [Your hand fits mine like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/your-hand-fits-mine-like-the-last-piece-of-a-jigsaw-puzzle/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/jodi-picoult-45_fit_your-hand-fits-mine-like-the-last-piece_1042126.jpg) > [You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/you-can-t-exist-in-this-world-without-leaving-a-piece-of-yourself/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/jodi-picoult-45_behinds_you-can-t-exist-in-this-world-without-le_1513188.jpg) > [Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/sometimes-i-think-the-human-heart-is-just-a-simple-shelf-there-is/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/jodi-picoult-45_fall_sometimes-i-think-the-human-heart-is-jus_1757125.jpg) > [Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/once-you-had-put-the-pieces-back-together-even-though-you-may-look/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/jodi-picoult-45_fall_once-you-had-put-the-pieces-back-togethe_830852.jpg) > [Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/imagine-a-world-that-seemed-so-much-bigger-than-you-imagine-waking-up/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/jodi-picoult-45_bigger_imagine-a-world-that-seemed-so-much-bigg_197264.jpg) > [But there’s a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/but-there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wonders-what-it-would-be-like-to-be-the/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/jodi-picoult-45_feels_but-there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wonders-wh_2141391.jpg) > [It's like picking up an unfamiliar piece of sheet music & starting to stumble through it, only to realize it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-s-like-picking-up-an-unfamiliar-piece-of-sheet-music-starting-to/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/jodi-picoult-45_heart_it-s-like-picking-up-an-unfamiliar-piece_2531397.jpg) > [When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/when-you-re-a-parent-you-find-yourself-looking-at-the-unknown-that-is/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/jodi-picoult-45_child_when-you-re-a-parent-you-find-yourself-l_3086796.jpg) > [Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/lately-i-have-been-having-nightmares-where-i-m-cut-into-so-many/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jodi-picoult-45_back-together_lately-i-have-been-having-nightmares-whe_421522.jpg) > [A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/a-lie-as-you-probably-know-has-a-taste-all-its-own-blocky-and-bitter/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/jodi-picoult-45_bitter_a-lie-as-you-probably-know-has-a-taste-a_2283699.jpg) > [Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to put her fist through a mirror. She would tell everyone it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-girl-who-wanted-to-put-her-fist-through/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/jodi-picoult-45_able_once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-girl-who-wa_595934.jpg) > [The joke's on them. One little hypodermic wont' be enough. Split a piece of wood, and they'll find me. Lift up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/the-joke-s-on-them-one-little-hypodermic-wont-be-enough-split-a-piece/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/jodi-picoult-45_ask-yourself_the-joke-s-on-them-one-little-hypodermic_2731377.jpg) > [Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/sometimes-when-you-pick-up-your-child-you-can-feel-the-map-of-your/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/jodi-picoult-45_bones_sometimes-when-you-pick-up-your-child-yo_2746519.jpg) > [There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/there-is-a-curious-thing-that-happens-with-the-passage-of-time-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/jodi-picoult-45_change_there-is-a-curious-thing-that-happens-wi_2661684.jpg) > [I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-thought-of-all-the-magazine-article-i-d-read-on-mothers-who-worked/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/jodi-picoult-45_articles_i-thought-of-all-the-magazine-article-i_2124638.jpg) > [There was, really, nothing you could use as a blueprint for your life, except your past. There was no starting over. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/there-was-really-nothing-you-could-use-as-a-blueprint-for-your-life/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/jodi-picoult-45_behinds_there-was-really-nothing-you-could-use-a_1032369.jpg) > [She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. And like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/she-felt-a-cage-coming-down-around-her-too-late-she-realized-that-he/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/jodi-picoult-45_animal_she-felt-a-cage-coming-down-around-her-t_1520244.jpg) ## Other authors on Pieces ## 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/pieces/jodi-picoult/#itemlist", "name": "18 Pieces Quotes By Jodi Picoult", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bleeding heart, he’d called her. Well. He should know. 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