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People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.
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Even the most beautiful things can be toxic.
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Frankly, I wonder who Frank was, and why he has an adverb all to himself.
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There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.
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sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.
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I know what love is. When you find the person you are supposed to love, bells ring and fireworks go off in your head and you can't find the words to speak and you think about him all the time. When you find the person you are supposed to love, you will know by staring deeply into their eyes.
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People don’t just disappear. There’s always a reason, or an enemy with a grudge. There’s always a loose thread that starts to unravel.
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He rises over me, a second sun, and fills me with light and heat.
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Her mouth is always on the verge of a smile. It makes her look like there's always something amazing she needs to tell me, even when it's just hello.
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What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt?
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Like Connor, Alex protected me -and he was the only person I let close enough to do it. Like Connor, Alex could finish my sentences before I did. But unlike Connor, for whom I had ultimately come too late, I was just in time to take care of Alex.
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You know how hind-sight is 20/20? Love is when you look back and wouldn't change anything.
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