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Scars are just a treasure map for pain you've buried too deep to remember.

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
Scars
Scar
Maps
Buried
Treasure
Deep
Pain
Remember
Lone

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