I'm telling you, if aliens landed on earth today and took a good hard look at why babies get born, they'd conclude that most people had children by accident, or because they drink too much on a certain night, or because birth control isn't one hundred percent, or for a thousand other reasons that really aren't very flattering.
Jodi PicoultAccidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to oneโs advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance.
Jodi PicoultBeing a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.
Jodi PicoultI have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words.
Jodi PicoultI wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.
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