In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

Quote by Jodi Picoult

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When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you...

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you...

My mother...she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel....

My mother...she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel....

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had...

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had...

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for...

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for...

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery...

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery...

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it...

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the...

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the...

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat....

Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat....

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.