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Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember.

Alice Hoffman

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