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What was a rose but the living proof of desire, the single best evidence of human longing and earthly devotion. but desire could be twisted,after all, and Jealousy was the name of the rose that did well in arid souls.
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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