Jodi Picoult Quotes
I Used To Wonder If A Mother Could See The Shift When Her Child Became An Adult. I Wondered If It Was Clinical, Like At The Onset Of Puberty; Or Emotional, Like The First Time His Heart Was Broken; Or Temporal, Like The Moment He Said I Do. I Used To Wonder If Maybe It Was A Critical Mass Of Life Experiences - Graduation, First Job, First Baby - That Tipped The Balance; If It Was The Sort Of Thing You Noticed Immediately When You Saw It, Like A Port-wine Stain Of Sudden Gravitas, Or If It Crept Up Slowly, Like Age In A Mirror. Now I Know: Adulthood Is A Line Drawn In The Sand. At Some Point, Your Child Will Be Standing On The Other Side. I
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