Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-prese…

Jodi Picoult
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Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2013). The Storyteller, p.369, Simon and Schuster
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