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“In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism.”

Quote by Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult is an American best-selling author known for her emotionally rich and engaging novels. Her works often revolve around family, legal, and moral dilemmas, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

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“I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers? Writers of color? There should be.”

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“Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level, instead of the political.”

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“I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child.”

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“Life can change in an instant.”

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“The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read it and wanted to create a whole world out of words, too.”

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“The legal system works really well, if you communicate a certain way. But if you don't, it all goes to Hell in a handbasket really quickly.”

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“A lot of the hallmark behaviors of autism - flat affect, stimming, not looking someone in the eye - could very easily be misinterpreted as signs of guilt.”

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“Hopefully, more and more people will come to understand that a child who's "different from" is not one who is "lesser than."”

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“I have always written about subjects that engage me - questions I can't answer myself. They apparently tend to be big moral and ethical issues!”

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Book:House Rules: A Novel

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“I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger.”

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