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Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Still
Drown
Anything
Burn
Love
Birds
Like
Flying
World
Bird
People
Hurt
Away
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The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.
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Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.
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People hide their truest nature. I understood that I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves?
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Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.
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If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.
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I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay
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I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.
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Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.
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