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The problem isn’t with rock lyrics, it’s with the fabric of this society itself.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.
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There is a gulf as wide as an ocean between should and want, and I am drowning in it.
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words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.
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Here's what I hadn't realized: the mother you haven't seen for almost thirty-six years isn't your mother, she's a stranger. Sharing DNA doesn't make you fast friends. This wasn't a joyous reunion. It was just awkward.
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Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.
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I'd like to say that this time I'd kill myself too..but I've never had that kind of courage.
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love doesn't follow the rules... nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.
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I start by mulling a question and before I know it, a whole drama is unfolding in my head. Often, an idea sticks before I know what I'm going to do with it.
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When I'm with you, bells go off in my head like a moving truck that's backing up.
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Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.
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Things don't always look as they seem.
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I wish I could tell him I understand: the higher you raise your hopes, the farther you have to fall.
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It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.
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It turns out that sharing the past with someone is different from reliving it when you’re alone. It feels less like a wound, more like a poultice.
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What’s the difference between spending your life trying to be invisible, or pretending to be the person you think everyone wants you to be? Either way, you’re faking.
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I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.
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I think...she said finally, that all of us have got our ghosts.
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You get through it, you just never get over it
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You might have to lose control before you could find out what you'd been missing.
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