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Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Last
Might
Real
Briefly
Love
Price
Paid
However
Worth
Lasts

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