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There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.
Jodi Picoult
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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Jodi Lynn Picoult
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I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these things happened to me.
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Objection! Metz shouts. Grounds? the judge asks. Well...he's my witness!
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Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.
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Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it.
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Then they scrambled through the window and into the darkness, determined to turn themselves into what they were not.
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My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self fulfilling prophecy?
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I only just found you, I can't lose you now
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People had figured out all sorts of ways to make things seem different than they truly were.
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