1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

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 your child, even if no one else would. It was your job to rebuild the bridge, even if your child was the one who burned it in the first place.

Life was what happened when all the what-ifs didn't.

Crazy girls did this, girls who walked like zombies through YA novels. But. Trixie felt the sting of the skin as it split, the sweet welling rise of blood. It hurt, though not as much as everything else idd.

anyone can understand anything. You just have to know how to present your information.

You can’t keep yourself from falling in love, but you can steer yourself away from the wrong people.

Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.

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

We believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist.

No matter how much you consumed, you would not have your fill.