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Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Worth
Nothing
Love

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Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.
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I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.
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