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I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.

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
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Sin
Suffering
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Love

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