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The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a single word of comfort.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Something
Silence
Speaks
Imagine
Stealing
Heard
Convince
Word
Arise
Lying
Leaves
Roars
Voice
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Lies
Steals
Without
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