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Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Sitting
Realize
Silence
Realizing
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Sound
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Silent

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