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That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Wanted
Way
Love
Admit
Invisible
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