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And then I understood that she had no idea what she'd done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Understood
Equal
Family
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Thought
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Love
Hatred

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