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Justification is a remarkable thing-takes all those solid lines and blurs them, so that honor becomes as supple as a willow, and ethics burst like soap bubbles.

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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Justification
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Solid
Blurs
Remarkable
Willow
Ethics
Supple
Honor
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Burst
Takes
Soap
Lines
Bubbles

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