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You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Love
Weakness
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Loss
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