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sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them.

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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Feelings
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Sometimes
Trying
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