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Margaret thought of all she knew for certain, that day would always follow night that love was never wasted nor was it lost.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Night
Thought
Certain
Always
Margaret
Never
Wasted
Would
Follow
Love
Knew
Lost

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