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I remember for that one moment, I believe I was hitch hiking on one of those comets, falling so fast that I'd surely burn away before I ever hit the ground.

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
Ground
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Hitch
Fall
Comets
Away
Hiking
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Burn
Surely
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Falling
Ever
Fast
Believe

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