In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly belie…

Jodi Picoult
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In my previous life I was a civil attorney. At one point I truly believed that was what I wanted to be- but that was before I'd been handed a fistful of crushed violets from a toddler. Before I understood that the smile of a child is a tattoo: indelible art. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). My Sister's Keeper: A Novel, p.32, Simon and Schuster
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