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It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world.

Anne Roiphe

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Anne Roiphe
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: December 25
Essayist
Film Writer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New York City
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Friendships
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