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Newborns reminded her of tiny Buddhas, faces full of divinity […] That holiness, somehow, disappeared, and Lacy was always left wondering where in this world it might go.

— Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes (2007)

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The enemy was always supposed to be an outsider, not the kid who was sitting right next to you.

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