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Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Like
Skin
Skins
Bones
Fit
Inside
Maybe
Around
Love
Guaranteed

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