I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you.
Jodi PicoultThe way i see it, love is just a bigger, stickier form of trust.
Jodi PicoultHow foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else...
Jodi PicoultI 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 had trained myself to read pieces like that and silently say to myself, 'See how lucky you are?' But it had been gnawing at the inside, that part that didn't fit, that I never let myself even think about. After all, wasn't it a worse kind of guilt to be with your child and to know that you wanted to be anywhere but there?
Jodi PicoultTags: parenting
Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it. There is always another appointment to be met, another bill to pay, another symptom presenting, another uneventful day to be notched onto the wooden wall. We have synchronized our watches, studied our calendars, existed in minutes, and completely forgotten to step back and see what we've accomplished.
Jodi PicoultPeople work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else.
Jodi PicoultAs 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 child.
Jodi PicoultTags: hate child motherhood peter unconditional-love lacy
Maybe if God gives you a handicap, he makes sure you've got a few extra doses of humor to take the edge off.
Jodi PicoultTags: humor
You can't pay a landlord in dogma.
Jodi PicoultYou know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything.
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