It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn…

Jodi Picoult
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It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes, p.633, Simon and Schuster
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