All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someon…

Jodi Picoult
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All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.457, Simon and Schuster
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All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.457, Simon and Schuster

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