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I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.
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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