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I can give or take elephants I never can find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black or white.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Never
Black
Cheetah
Would
Give
Cheetahs
World
Find
Captivate
Live
Zebras
Take
Elephants
Enough
Fit
Giving
Lucky
Things
White

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