Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.

Jodi Picoult
Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms...
Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms...
Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms...
Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms...
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The shell around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl. "Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl". The quote doesn’t say that change is good and bad. It just says that there can be different opinions on what change will do.

Source: My Sisters Keeper

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