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Child Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- It was so damn hard to find love in this world, to locate someone who could make you feel that there was a reason you'd…
- There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale…
- No child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped in.
- To say there had been a loss was ludicrous; one lost a shoe or a set of keys. You did not suffer the death of…
- Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your…
- I have never fit into this town, this marriage, this skin. I am the child who was picked last to play tag; I am the…
- Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who…
- You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. There was a point when you had to support…
- Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead,…
- and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the…
- I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you…
- There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent.…
- In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.
- You have everything," she said slowly, as if she were explaining the order of the world to a small child. "A family, a great job,…
- I thought of all the magazine article I'd read on mothers who worked and constantly felt guilty about leaving their children with someone else. I…
- As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own…
- In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was…
- Families were never what you wanted them to be. We all wanted what we couldn't have: the perfect child, the doting husband, the mother who…
- A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.
- Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were…
More Child Quotes
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the… — Frederick Lenz
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer
- Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter;… — Annie Besant
- The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise. — Rick Riordan
- I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear. I didn't… — Richelle Mead