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Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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