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Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

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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Prayer
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Imagine
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