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Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Unless
Relationship
Stills
Certain
Still
Wrapped
Thing
Judge
Never
Judging
Arms

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