There was a difference between people looking at you because they want…

Jodi Picoult
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There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). Nineteen Minutes: A Novel, p.299, Simon and Schuster
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There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). Nineteen Minutes: A Novel, p.299, Simon and Schuster

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