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Vanishing Acts
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"Vanishing Acts" by Jodi Picoult follows Delia Hopkins as she discovers that her beloved father kidnapped her as a child, forcing her to confront buried secrets and question the meaning of identity, loyalty, and forgiveness.

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The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.

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Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.

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Sometimes to realize you were well, someone must come along and hurt you.

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realizationpain

You don't need words to express feelings.

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The measure of a man is not in the magnitude of his strength, but the strength of his heart.

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strengthcharacter

It's not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What's hard, she said, is figuring out what you're willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.

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What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie?

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doubtbelief

It's amazing how you can be happy, and sad, and hopeful, and hopeless, all at the same time.

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emotionscontradiction

You can always find peace in the midst of chaos.

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Sometimes, when you imagine a thing coming true, it's better than it happening.

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