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He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Wants
Pain
Often
Find
Wanted
Men
Manage
Saws

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