There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher. (Jodi Picoult)

There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.

Jodi Picoult

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