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Unrequited love is so boring. Weeping under a blue-black sky is for suckers or maniacs.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Unrequited
Sucker
Weeping
Boring
Sky
Blue
Black
Suckers
Love
Maniacs

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