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Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.
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My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father.
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Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.
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A red map isn't easy to follow. Any document made of blood and bones is tricky. Wrong turns are easily made, and there are often piles of stones in the road. A person has to disregard time and sorrow and all the damage done. If you follow, if you dare, the thread always leads to whomever or whatever you've forgotten.
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Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't exist. We met before we were born and we'll probably still know each other after we die. At least, that's the way we're planning it.
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Being human means losing everything we love best in the world, she murmured as she released me. But would you ask to be anything else?
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Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.
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