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As anyone who's ever contracted it knows, lies are an infectious disease. They slip under the almond slivers of your fingernails and into your bloodstream.

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
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Infectious
Fingernails
Slip
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Slivers
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Almond
Lies
Bloodstream
Anyone
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Lying
Contracted

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