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Unfinished business always comes back to haunt you, and a man who swears he'll love you forever isn't finished with you until he's done.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Done
Haunt
Always
Unfinished
Men
Swear
Love
Finished
Forever
Business
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Swears

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