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Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Creatures
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Serpent
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My mother's blood that would last forever after. The blood of my brother, my grandfather, my father.
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