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They ask, how could this happen here? Well. How could it not happen here?

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Jodi Lynn Picoult
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if you don't get sick, you won't get well.
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and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had always assumed the latter was the case with Claire. After all, surely a child who grew out of grief would be born with a heavy heart.
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Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.
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There was no easy switch that she could flip to stem the flow of feelings, no way to drain the memories that pooled like acid in her stomach because her heart no longer knew what to do with them.
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The joke's on them. One little hypodermic wont' be enough. Split a piece of wood, and they'll find me. Lift up a stone, and they'll find me. Look in the mirror, and they'll find me...If you really want to know what makes someone a killer, ask yourself what would make you do it.
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Life can change in an instant don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.
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If you want something to be true badly enough, you can rewrite it that way, in your head. You can even start to believe it.
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Life can change in an instant.
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Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.
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There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.
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Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.
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My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after it’s faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.
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I would tell them that when you look at a person, you never know what the're hiding.
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My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds of things, because they didn't know any better. Like you shouldn't take a bath, because it could make you sick. And then someone saw germs under a microscope and started to think differently. You can believe something really hard, and still be wrong. (Faith White)
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Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.
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There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.
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But there's an enormous difference between an audience that's watching you because they can't wait to see what comes next and an audience that's watching you because they're waiting for you to fail.
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Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.
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My mother walks forward. She's crying, but there's a smile on her face. For God's sake, is it any wonder I can't ever understand what you people are feeling?
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if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.
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