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Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Walking
Ones
Securely
Find
Blindfolded
Sometimes
Knot
Trying
Knots
Life
Tied
Deny
Ignorance

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