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I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Time
Love
Lying
Dream
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Still
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