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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
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Flying
World
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Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.
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I never even believed in happiness. I didn't think it existed. Now look at me. I'm ready to believe in just about anything.
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What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree.
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