1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing one

That's the paradox of loss: How can something that's gone weigh us down so much?

If you were drifting with a thousand other people, could you really still say you were lost?

when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw

sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.

But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget.

When it's all over, you're remembered for what you did, not what you said you were going to do.