Jodi Picoult Realizing Quotations

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get.

I realize then that we never have children, we receive them. And sometimes it’s not for quite as long as we would have expected or hoped. But it is still far better than never having had those children at all.

This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.

I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it.

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.