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Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Cannot
Become
Part
Remember
Things
Think
Thinking
Wish
Away

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