1,824 Quotes by Jodi Picoult

The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.

Some people don’t know what to do with an act of kindness.

It’s the child who’s supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids.

They’re fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out?

Just because you didn’t speak the facts out loud didn’t erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

I have several writer friends, but I don’t involve them in my work process. I’m more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

For me, every book is a journey – questioning a really difficult topic that most people don’t want to talk about, much less write about. And that’s what I need; that works for me as a writer.

In the wild, an elephant mother and daughter stay in close proximity their whole lives; I hope I am that lucky.

Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home.