What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or…

Jodi Picoult
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What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by what you wished for or whom you’ve lost, but instead by the moments you spend getting from each of these places to the next? ✨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes, p.430, Simon and Schuster
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