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I felt a splinter of guilt wedge into my heart. Charlotte had hurt me in return, I'd hurt Rob. Maybe that's what we do to the people we love: take shots in the dark and realize too late we've wounded the people we're trying to protect.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
People
Hurt
Wounded
Maybe
Guilt
Dark
Shots
Felt
Protect
Splinter
Take
Late
Wedge
Heart
Realize
Splinters
Trying
Return
Wedges
Love
Realizing
Charlotte

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