“But then you like to tempt fate, don’t you? Don’t worry, it will all work out” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“To friendship,” she agreed, although for the longest time they didn’t let go of each other and she knew exactly what he… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Fate could twist you around and around if you weren't careful. Just when you thought you knew where you were headed, you'd… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I just do the best I can to face what life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“This is what happens when you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Hochman had been right, the past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future, and we decided whether to keep… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She truly believed that she carried her own fate in the palm of her hand, as if destiny was nothing more than… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He backed off, the way he always does, but it won't happen a second time. If he ever sees her again he's… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I thought that love was a river, endless and deep. I thought it merely happened, washing over you like water. It was… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“As they were falling asleep, Gillian could have sworn she heard Ben say Fate--as if they were meant to be together from… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“All of the quarters in his hand were tarnished. He had no idea that the silver in a man’s pockets always turns black if… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“It was after dark when the woods were most filled with magic, when there were fireflies and the mist was rising from the streams.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Never look back, that's what she's told herself. Don't think about swans or being alone in the dark. Don't think of storms, or lightning… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“She preferred cats to human beings and turned down every offer from the men who fell in love with her.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Her vision was going, but she could see him, the way people see clouds-beautiful, racing by, casting shadows.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
That's why there are ten gates to pass through before you reach the garden. If life were easy there would be one gate. There… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could hear crunching… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
“Haylin was given a good talking-to by the headmaster and made to write a paper about workers’ rights, which he considered a privilege rather… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage."… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share
