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I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I don't want to get into someone else's language when I'm working

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.
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Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.
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That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.
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