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There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Conversation
Silence
Nothing
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Strung
Beads
Delicate
Heavy

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