If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody woul… - Jodi Picoult

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If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Don Quixote and Gatsby and their respective paramours. What captures the imagination is watching men throw themselves at a brick wall over and over again, and wondering if this is the time that they won't be able to get back up.

Jodi Picoult

Vanishing Acts · November 15, 2005 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Jodi Lynn Picoult (born May 19, 1966) is an American author.

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