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I believe in love. I think it just hits you and pulls the rug out from underneath you and, like a baby, demands your attention every minute of the day.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Love
Demands
Think
Minute
Thinking
Demand
Like
Baby
Minutes
Attention
Pulls
Every
Underneath
Believe
Hits

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