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An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

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
Apology
Defense
Built
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I wonder if you've got a minute. I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.
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You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.
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I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing.
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Justification is a remarkable thing-takes all those solid lines and blurs them, so that honor becomes as supple as a willow, and ethics burst like soap bubbles.
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If you choose to be looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you are find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.
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You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.
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