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We have been naive enough to believe that we were invincible that we could run blind through the hairpin turns of life at treacherous speeds and never crash.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Naive
Never
Crash
Life
Speed
Blind
Turns
Speeds
Running
Treacherous
Enough
Invincible
Believe

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