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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Weather
Elements
Sure
Two
Done
Never
Love

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