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The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Sun
Moon
Deep
Dark
Inspirational
Something
Longs
Always
Jealous
Life
Heat

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