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What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox could talk or a gate could just appear in a wall. I think fairy tales are so psychological.
Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
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