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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my op

The act of writing… is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think thats the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. – Jodi Picoult

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I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack. – Jodi Picoult

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Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch American Idol and video their childrens concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. – Jodi Picoult

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Theres that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success. – Jodi Picoult

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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldnt have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. – Mos Def

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Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. – Mary Baker Eddy

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Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. – George Sand

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