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Love was like that, like a dream you didn't quite understand, one in which you didn't necessarily know what you were looking at until it was right in front of you.
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.
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Sometimes they would sit in the parlor together, both reading – in entirely separate worlds, to be sure, but joined somehow. When this happened, other people in the family couldn't bring themselves to disturb them. All that could be heard in the parlor was the sound of pages, turning.
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She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.
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