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Our rest is formed by our waking life and our waking life is formed by our sorrows.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Waking
Sorrow
Rest
Life
Sorrows

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