Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is onl…

Jodi Picoult
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Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before something falls off an edge and you are left to pick up the pieces. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules, p.1002, Simon and Schuster
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