Chapter 2
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I was terrified of that ghost just like they were, but I never let anyone know it. That way, I knew they might call me a lot of awful names ... but one of them wasn't coward.

— Jodi Picoult

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was terrified of that ghost just like they were, but I never let anyone know it. That way, I knew they might call me a lot of awful names ... but one of them wasn't coward." in the context of "Chapter 2" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jodi Picoult

About Jodi Picoult

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