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In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Everyone deserves a happy ending.
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My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.
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you never forget your first fall.
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What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.
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it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be.
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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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Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.
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When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.
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I imagined what it would be like to hold a butterfly in your hands something bejeweled and treasured and to know that despite your devotion it was dying by degrees.
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Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.
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I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music.
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maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mix— not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise a potential.
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The thinnest slice would be teeming with memories of a love so strong it turned you inside out and left you gasping, and would be an identical match to a slice stored in the heart of a soul mate.
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