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Sometimes, all it takes to become human again is someone who can see you that way, no matter how you present on the surface.

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
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Human
Humans
Matter
Sometimes
Surface
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Someone

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