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She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.
-Jodi Picoult
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She Became Whoever She Needed To Be

Jodi Picoult
She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.
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Dear god," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. let me be gay; let me be sad. let me be cold; let me be warm. let me be hungry...have too much to eat. let me be ragged or well dressed. let me be sincere - be deceitful. let me be truthful; let me be a liar. let me be honorable and let me sin. only let me be something every blessed minute. and when i sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.
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