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What people read revealed so much about them that she considered our card catalog a treasure house of privileged secrets each card contained the map of an individual’s soul.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
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New York City
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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage. - Aunt Frances
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I wasn't good company, that was true, and people avoided me, but that was all right. I was too busy dreaming.
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