Jodi Picoult Quotes About Adoption

Quotes about: Adoption

• 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 measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Children, School

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

• Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Children, Adoption

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

• Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

  Jodi Picoult

  Clueless, Adoption, Term

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.467, Simon and Schuster

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