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Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Word
Apples
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Tales
True
Bones
Stories
Stones
Unwound
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Conscious
Knots
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Inside
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Hair
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Blood
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