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Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Often
Change
Women
Way
Butterflies
Things
Butterfly
Never
Instance
Men
Return
Love
Wrong

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