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The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

Jodi Picoult

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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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Burden
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Ever
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Bamboo
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Glances
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